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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Labor Studies Program Meeting

David Card, Organizer

February 12, 2016

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Yellen Conference Room, 1st Floor
101 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, February 11

6:30 pm

Dinner
Perbacco Ristorante & Bar
Barbaresco Room
230 California Street
San Francisco, CA

Friday, February 12

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Giovanni Peri, University of California at Davis and NBER
Vasil Yasenov, , University of California at Davis
The Labor Market effects of a refugee Wave: Applying the Synthetic Control Method to the Mariel Boatlift

9:50 am

Break

10:00 am

Adriana D. Kugler, Georgetown University and NBER
Maurice Kugler, IMPAQ International LLC
Juan Saavedra, University of Southern California
Luis Omar Herrera Prada, Inter American Development Bank
Long Term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia

10:50 am

Break

11:00 am

Sarena Goodman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury
Un-Fortunate Sons: Effects of the Vietnam Draft Lottery on the Next Generation's Labor Market

11:50 am

Lunch
Market Street Dining Room, 4th Floor

1:10 pm

Eunice Han, Wellesley College
The Myth of Unions’ Overprotection of Bad Teachers: Evidence from the District-Teacher Matched Panel Data on Teacher Turnover

2:00 pm

Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Alberto Abadie, Harvard University and NBER
Guido Imbens, Stanford University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Clustering as a Design Problem

2:50 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Sebastian Calonico, University of Miami
Jeffrey Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
The Women of the National Supported Work Demonstration

3:50 pm

Adjourn