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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Labor Studies Program Meeting

David Card, Organizer

November 7, 2014

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, November 6


6:30 pm


Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Cambridge, MA 02141


Friday, November 7


7:45 am
8:15 am


Shuttle Service from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER
Shuttle Service from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER


8:30 am


Breakfast


9:00 am


Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
The Long Run Human Capital and Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations
Joint with Avraham Ebenstein and Sefi Roth


9:50 am


Break


10:00 am


John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Henry Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Erika McEntarfer, U.S. Census Bureau
Cyclical Reallocation of Workers Across Employers by Firm Size and Firm Wage


10:50 am


Break


11:00 am


Nathaniel Hilger, Brown University
What Do Model Minorities Teach Us About Overcoming Disadvantage?
The Case of Asian-Americans


11:50 am


Lunch


1:00 pm


Christian Dustmann, University College London
The Boys are Back in Town: The Effects of Child’s Gender on Youth Crime
Joint with Rasmus Landers


1:50 pm


Break


2:00 pm


Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER
Huailu Li, Boston University
Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
Joint with Kaiwen Leung


2:50 pm


Break


3:00 pm


David Cesarini, New York University
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Northwestern University and NBER
The E¤ect of Wealth on Individual and Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Swedish Lotteries
Joint with Erik Lindqvist, Robert Östling


3:50 pm


Adjourn