NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008

Labor Studies Workshop

Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz, Organizers

July 21-25, 2008

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Ballroom, West Tower

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

MONDAY JULY 21:
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	DAVID AUTOR, MIT and NBER
	DAVID DORN, MIT
	Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	RAJ CHETTY, UC Berkeley and NBER
	ADAM LOONEY, Federal Reserve Board
	KORY KROFT, UC Berkeley
	Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	MAIA GUELL, Universitat Pompeu Fabua
	JOSE V. RODRIGUEZ MORA, University of Southampton
	CHRIS TELMER, Carnegie Mellon University
	Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	DANIEL BENJAMIN, Cornell University
	JAMES J. CHOI, Yale University and NBER
	A. JOSHUA STRICKLAND, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
	Social Identity and Preferences
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	NICOLE FORTIN, University of British Columbia
	Gender Role Attitudes and Women’s Labor Market Participation: Opting-Out and the Persistent Appeal of Housewifery
3:30 pm	DEVIN POPE, University of Pennsylvania
	JUSTIN SYDNOR, Case Western University
	What’s in a Picture: Evidence of Descrimination from Prosper.com
4:30 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY JULY 22:
	MORNING JOINT SESSION WITH SOCIAL INSURANCE
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER
	ERZO LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER
	MATTHEW NOTOWIDIGDO, MIT
	What Good is Wealth without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	ALAN KRUEGER, Princeton University and NBER
	ANDREAS MUELLER, Princeton University
	Job Search and Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence from Time Use Data
	The Lot of the Unemployed: A Time Use Perspective
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	BARBARA PETRONGOLO, London School of Economics
	The long-term effects of job search requirements: Evidence from the UK JSA Reform
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	ILYANA KUZIEMKO, Princeton University and NBER
	“Dodging Up” to College or “Dodging Down” to Jail: Behavioral Responses to the Vietnam Draft by Race and Class
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	JOSEPH ALTONJI, Yale University and NBER
	PRASHANT BHARADWAJ and FABIAN LANGE, Yale University
	Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes
3:30 pm	KENNETH CHAY, Brown University and NBER
	JONATHAN GURYAN, University of Chicago and NBER
	BHASKAR MAZUMDER, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
	Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Role of Health Soon after Birth
4:30 pm	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY JULY 23
	JOINT SESSION WITH EDUCATION
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth and NBER
	When the Saints Come Marching In: Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Student Evacuees and on Receiving Schools
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	CRISTIAN POP-ELECHES, Columbia University and NBER
	MIGUEL URQUIOLA, Columbia University and NBER
	The consequences of going to a better school
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	SCOTT E. CARRELL, UC, Davis and NBER
	MARK L. HOEKSTRA, University of Pittsburgh
	Externalities in the Classroom: How Domestic Violence Harms Everyone's Kids
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	LEIGH LINDEN, FANG HE and MARGARET MacLEOD, Columbia University
	How to Teach English in India:  Testing the Relative Productivity of Instruction Methods within the Pratham English Language Education Program
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	SANDRA BLACK, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	PAUL J. DEVEREUX, University College Dublin
	KJELL G. SALVANES, Norwegian School of Economics
	Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age
3:30 pm	THOMAS KANE, Harvard University and NBER
	DOUGLAS STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An Experimental Evaluation
4:30 pm	Adjourn
THURSDAY, JULY 24:
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER
	REMA HANNA, New York University
	SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, Harvard University and NBER
	Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	ERIC GOULD and OMER MOAV, Hebrew University
	When is “Too Much” Inequality Not Enough? The Selection of Israeli Emigrants
10:15 am	Break
11:15 am	DONGGYUN SHIN, Hanyang University
	GARY SOLON, Michigan State University and NBER
	Trends in Men’s Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?
12:15 pm	Lunch
	AFTERNOON JOINT SESSION WITH CRIME WORKING GROUP AND LAW AND ECONOMICS
1:00 pm	BRIAN JACOB, University of Michigan and NBER
	JENS LUDWIG, University of Chicago and NBER
	Neighborhood Effects on Crime
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	ANNA AIZER, Brown University and NBER
	PEDRO DAL BO, Brown University
	Love, Hate, and Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	RADHA IYENGAR, Harvard University and NBER
	JONATHAN MONTEN, Harvard University
	Is there an Emboldenment Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Dinner Celebration to Thank Martin Feldstein for his Service to the NBER
FRIDAY, JULY 25:
	JOINT SESSION WITH PERSONNEL ECONOMICS
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	VICTOR LAVY, Hebrew University and NBER
	Gender Differences in Competitiveness in a Real Workplace: Evidence from Performance-Based Pay Tournaments among Teachers
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	NICK BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER
	LUIS GARICANO and RAFAELLA SADUN, London School of Economics
	JOHN VAN REENEN, London School of Economics and NBER
	The distinct effects of information technologies and communication technologies on firm organization
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	BO COWGILL, Google
	JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	ERIC ZITZEWITZ, Dartmouth College
	Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	TOR ERIKSSON, Aarhus School of Business
	ANDERS POULSEN, University of East Anglia
	MARIE-CLAIRE VILLEVAL, University of Lyon
	Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER
	ULRIKE MALMENDIER, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	ALEXANDRE MAS, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	DAVID LEE, Princeton University and NBER
	Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999
4:30 pm	Adjourn
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