NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

 

NBER Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Macro Perspectives Workshop

 

Richard Rogerson, Robert Shimer and Randall Wright, Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 19 - 23, 2004

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 19:

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

Sessions on New Data Sets

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

 

Measuring Worker and Job Flows from the LEHD Project at Census

 

 

 1:40 p.m.

RON JARMIN, Bureau of the Census

 

TBA

 

 

 2:20 p.m.

JASON FABERMAN, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

New BLS Data on Worker and Job Flows:

 

A Primer for Empirical Research

 

 

 3:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 3:15 p.m.

STEVEN DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER

 

MAGNUS HENREKSON, Stockholm School of Economics

 

Tax Effects on Work Activity, Industry Mix and Shadow Economy Size: Evidence from Rich Country Comparisons

 

 

 

 

 4:15 p.m.

RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER

 

Deindustrialization and Unemployment: Evidence from the OECD

 

 

 5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY JULY 20:

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

EVA NAGYPAL, Northwestern University

 

Worker Reallocation Over the Business Cycle:

 

The Importance of Job-to-Job Transitions

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

RASMUS LENTZ, Boston University

 

DALE MORTENSEN, Northwestern University

 

Productivity Growth and Worker Relocation: Theory and Evidence

 

 

 3:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 3:15 p.m.

RICARDO LAGOS, New York University

 

NOBUHIRO KIYOTAKI, London School of Economics

 

A Model of Job and Worker Flows

 

 

 4:15 p.m.

ROBERT SHIMER, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Competitive Search Equilibrium

 

with Asymmetric Information

 

 

 5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY JULY 21:

 

 

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

RACHEL NGAI and CHRIS PISSARIDES, London School of Economics

 

Structural Change in a Multi-Sector Model of Growth

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

MARCELO VERACIERTO

 

Firing Costs and Business Cycle Flucturations

 

 

 

 

 3:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 3:15 p.m.

JAN EECKHOUT, University of Pennsylvania

 

Employer Learning and General Human Capital

 

 

 4:15 p.m.

GIANLUCA VIOLANTE, New York University

 

NICOLA PAVONI, University College London

 

Optimal Welfare to Work Programs

 

 

 5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 p.m.

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

THURSDAY JULY 22:

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

RAQUEL FERNANDEZ , New York University and NBER

 

ALESSANDRA FOGLI, New York University

 

Culture and Women

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

JEREMY GREENWOOD, University of Rochester and NBER

 

NEZIH GUNER, Pennsylvania State University

 

Marriage and Divorce since WWII: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households

 

 

 3:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 3:15 p.m.

RUSSELL COOPER, University Texas and NBER

 

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

 

JONATHAN WILLIS, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

 

Dynamics of Labor Demand: Evidence from Plant-Level Observations

 

and Aggregate Implications

 

 

 4:15 p.m.

YONGSUNG CHANG, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

 

SUN-BIN KIM, Concordia University

 

Heterogeneity and Aggregation in the Labor Market:

 

Implications for Aggregate Preference Shifts

 

 

 5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

FRIDAY JULY 23:

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

JOHN KENNAN, University of  Wisconsin and NBER

 

Price Information Wage Bargaining and Employment Fluctuations

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

GUEORGUI KAMBOUROV, University of Toronto

 

IOURRI MANOVSKII, University of Pennsylvania

 

Accounting for a Changing Life-Cycle Profile of Earnings

 

 

 3:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

7/6/04