Labor in the New Economy

Sponsored by the NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Katharine Abraham, Organizer

Pre-Conference: May 17, 2007

University of Maryland

1208 LeFrak Hall

College Park, MD

PROGRAM

Labor Inputs
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Demographic Shifts and the Labor Market: How the Graying of the Baby Boom Affects Labor Market Statistics
	Bruce Fallick, Charles Fleischmann, and Jonathan Pingle, Federal Reserve Board
9:30 am	Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies
	Cindy Zoghi, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:00 am	Break
Labor Market Structure
10:15 am	Long-Term Change in Firm Demography and Labor Market Outcomes:
	An Exercise in Mimecasting
	Susan Carter, UC, Riverside Ron Jarmin and Javier Miranda, U.S. Census Bureau Richard Sutch, UC, Riverside and NBER
10:45 am	Job Loss and the Decline in Job Security in the United States
	Henry Farber, Princeton University and NBER
11:15 am	Measuring Tradable Services and the Task Content of Offshorable Services Jobs
	Lori Kletzer, UC, Santa Cruz
11:45 am	Labor Market Dynamics
	Steven Davis, University of Chicago and NBER Jason Faberman, Bureau of Labor Statistics John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
12:15 pm	Lunch
Wages, Benefits, and Compensation
1:15 pm	What Do We Really Know About Changes in Wage Inequality?
	Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER
1:45 pm	New Data for Answering Old Questions about Employee Stock Options
	Kevin Hallock, Cornell University and NBER Craig Olson, University of Illinois
2:15 pm	Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality Slides
	Brooks Pierce, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:45 pm	Are the New Jobs Good Jobs?
	Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics
3:15 pm	Break
The Employment Relationship
3:30 pm	How Much Do People Really Work in the New Economy?
	Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:00 pm	What Do We Know About Contracting Out in the United States?
	Matthew Dey and Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute
4:30 pm	Emerging Labor Market Trends and Workplace Safety and Health
	Nicole Nestoriak and John Ruser, Bureau of Labor Statistics
5:00 pm	Adjourn

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