NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Labor Markets after the Great Recession

Alexandre Mas and David Card, Organizers

Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

 

June 14, 2013

National Press Club

529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

PROGRAM

7:45 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

 

8:15 am

Productivity, Sectoral Shifts, and Labor Force Dynamics

 

Introduction:  James Poterba, MIT and NBER

 

Moderator: David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal

Panelists:

 

Olivier Blanchard, IMF, MIT, and NBER

 

John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

 

Edward Lazear, Stanford University and NBER

 

Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan and NBER

 

 

9:30 am

The Changing Role of the Social Safety Net

 

Introduction:  David Card, University of California at Berkeley and NBER

 

Moderator:  Catherine Rampell, The New York Times

 

Panelists:

 

Gordon Berlin, Manpower Development Research Corporation

 

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution

 

Hilary Hoynes, University of California at Davis and NBER

 

Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

10:45 am

Break

 

 

11:15 am

The Social Cost of Unemployment

 

Introduction: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University and NBER

 

Moderator: Greg Ip, The Economist

 

Panelists:

 

Joseph Altonji, Yale University and NBER

 

Lawrence Katz, Harvard University and NBER

 

Edward Montgomery, Georgetown Public Policy Institute

 

Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan and NBER

 

 

12:30 pm

Luncheon