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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

 

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2011

 

 

 

Labor Studies Workshop

 

 

 

David Card, Organizer

 

 

 

July 25 - 29, 2011

 

 

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel
Ballroom A

 

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

 

 

PROGRAM

 

 

 

Monday, July 25:

 

 

 

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

 

8:30 am

Roland Fryer, Harvard University and NBER
Discrimination and Job Search

 

9:20 am

David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College
The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings

 

10:20 am

Break

 

10:30 am

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Benn Eifert, University of California at Berkeley
Aprajit Mahajan, Stanford University

 

 

David McKenzie, The World Bank

 

 

Does Management Matter? Evidence from India

 

 

 

 

11:20 am

Patrick Kline, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Can Public Investment Shift Regional Growth Equilibria? 100 Years of Evidence from the TVA

 

 

 

 

12:10 pm

Lunch

 

1:15 pm

Stefan Bender, IAB Nuremburg
Joerg Heining, IAB Nuremburg

Accessing German Social Security Records Through the New IAB Center in Ann Arbor

 

 

 

 

1:25pm

Guy Michaels, London School of Economics

 

 

Ashwini Natraj, London School of Economics 

 

 

John van Reenan, London School of Economics

 

 

Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from 11 Countries over 25 Years

 

 

 

 

2:15 pm

Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board
Jason M. DeBacker, Department of the Treasury
Bradley Heim, Indiana University
Vasia Panousi, Federal Reserve Board
Rising Inequality: Transitory or Permanent

 

3:05 pm

Break

 

3:25 pm

Jordi Blanes i Vidal, University of London
Mirko Draca, London School of Economics
Christian Fons-Rosen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Revolving Door Lobbyists

 

4:15 pm

Marianne Betrand, University of Chicago and NBER
Maltilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia and NBER
Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia and NBER
Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process

 

5:05 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

Tuesday July 26:

 

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Session Joint with Public Economics: Taxation and Social Insurance

 

 

 

 

8:30 am

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John Friedman, Harvard University and NBER
Emmanuel Saez, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Neighborhood and Peer Effects in Tax Policy: Evidence from the EITC and Saver’s Credit

 

9:20 am

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

 

Sara Taubman, NBER

 

 

Heidi Allen, CORE

 

 

Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

 

Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

Bill Wright, CORE

 

 

Katharine Baicker, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the first year

 

 

 

 

10:20 am

Break

 

10:30 am

Jesse Rothstein, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession

 

11:20 am

Alan Krueger, Princeton University and NBER
Andreas Mueller, Stockholm University
Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment

 

12:10 pm

Lunch

 

1:15 pm

Edward Miguel, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Sarah Baird, George Washington University
Joan Hamory Hicks, IPA
Micheal Kremer, Harvard University and NBER
Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains

 

2:05 pm

Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University

 

 

Dan Black, University of Chicago

 

 

Magdalena Muszynska, Duke University

 

 

Seth Sanders, Duke University

 

 

Evan Taylor, University of Michigan

 

 

The Great Migration and African-American: Mortality: Evidence from Mississippi

 

 

 

 

2:55 pm

Eric Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Chang Tai Hseih, University of Chicago and NBER
Chad Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Pete Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
The Allocation of Talent and Economic Growth

 

3:45 pm

Kirk Doran, University of Notre Dame
George Borjas, Harvard University and NBER
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians

 

 

 

 

4:45 pm

Panel Discussion: New Directions for Research on Age Discrimination and Labor Market Opportunities for Older Workers
David Card, UC Berkeley and NBER (chair)
Roland Fryer, Harvard University and NBER
Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M
Daniel Silverman, University of Michigan and NBER
Till von Wachter, Columbia University and NBER

 

5:45 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

Wednesday July 27:

 

MORNING SESSION JOINT WITH EDUCATION GROUP

 

 

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

 

9:00 am

Steven Levitt  John List, University of Chicago and NBER
Sally Sadoff, University of Chicago

 

 

The Effect of Performance-Based Incentives on Educational Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

 

 

 

 

10:00 am

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University
Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

 

Achievement  Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools

 

11:00 am

Break

 

11:15 am

David Deming, Carnegie Mellon University
Justine S. Hastings, Brown University and NBER
Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

Douglas O.Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

School Choice  School Quality and Post-secondary Attainment

 

12:15 pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

1:15 pm

Christian Dustmann, UCL
Anna Piil Damm, University of Aarhus
The Effect of Growing Up in a High Crime Area on Criminal Behavior

 

2:05 pm

David Figlio, Northwestern University and NBER
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
Information Shocks and Social Networks

 

2:55 pm

Break

 

3:15 pm

David Matsa, Northwestern University
Amalia Miller, University of Virginia
A Female Style in Corporate Leadership?

 

4:05 pm

Jeffrey Flory, University of Maryland
Andreas Leibbrandt, University of Chicago
John List, University of Chicago and NBER
Do Competitive Workplaces Deter Female Workers?

 

 

 

 

4:55 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

6:00 pm

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

 

 

 

 

Thursday, July 28:

 

MORNING SESSION JOINT WITH CHILDREN'S GROUP

 

 

 

 

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

 

8:30 am

David Card, Stanford University and NBER
Laura Giuliano, University of Miami

 

 

Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Behavior of Friends

 

 

 

 

9:20 am

Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
Joseph Doyle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

 

 

Effects of Juvenile Incarceration: Evidence from Randomly-Assigned Judges

 

 

 

 

10:10 am

Break

 

10:30 am

Michael Baker, University of Toronto and NBER
Kevin Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER

 

 

Sex Differences in the Care of Young Children

 

 

 

 

11:20 am

Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER
Jessica Pan, University of Chicago

 

 

An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in Non-Cognitive Skills

 

12:10 pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

1:15 pm

Arnaud Maurel, Duke University
Xavier D'Haultfoeuille, INSEE
Inference on an Extended Roy Model, with an Application to Schooling Decisions in France

 

2:05 pm

Nicolas Roys, University of Wisconsin
Estimating Labor Market Rigidities with Hetergeneous Firms

 

2:55 pm

Break

 

3:15 pm

Bentley MacLeod, Columbia University and NBER
Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University and NBER
Anti Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality

 

4:05 pm

Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Michal Kolesar, Harvard University
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John Friedman, Harvard University and NBER
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments

 

4:50 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

Friday, July 29:

 

  8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Joint with Personnel Economics


  8:30 am


Kelly Shue, Harvard University
Executive Networks and Firm Policies: Evidence from the Random Assignment of MBA Peers
 

9:30 am

Break

9:45 am

Edward Lazear and Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER

Chris Stanton, University of Utah

Value of Bosses

10:45 am

Break


11:00 am


James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Role of Establishments (and the Jobs Therein) in Wage Inequality Growth

12:00 n

Lunch


1:00 pm


Christopher A Parsons, University of California at San Diego

 

Edward D. Van Wesep, University of North Carolina

 

The Timing of Pay

 

 

2:00 pm

Break

2:15 pm

Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago
Pay for Performance

 

 

3:15 pm

Adjourn