Cities, Labor Markets, and the Global Economy Conference
Organized by Edward L. Glaeser and Stephen J. Redding
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
October 25-26, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,Cambridge, MA
Friday, October 25
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

General Equilibrium Indirect Effects in Space: Theory and Measurement

Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Federico Esposito, Tufts University

Discussant:
Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Felipe Schwartzman, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Discussant:
Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm
Pick up Boxed Lunch
Policy Roundtable (Chaired by Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER)
1:15 pm

Entrepôt (slides)

Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon and NBER
Oren Ziv, Michigan State University

Discussant:
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Measuring Commuting and Economic Activity inside Cities with Cell Phone Records

Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University

Discussant:
Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

Growing Apart: Tradable Services and the Fragmentation of the U.S. Economy

Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm

The Impact of Chinese Trade on U.S. Employment: The Good, The Bad, and The Debatable

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
André Kurmann, Drexel University
Philip A. Luck, University of Colorado Denver

Discussant:
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner at Bambara
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Saturday, October 26
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Jobs at Risk, Regional Growth, and Labor Market Flows

Eran Hoffmann, Hebrew University
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
Martin Schneider, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Place-Based Redistribution

Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Technology, Spatial Sorting, and Job Polarization

Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Christoph Hedtrich, Uppsala University
Roberto Pinheiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Discussant:
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Dante Restaurant, Level 1
1:30 pm

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting

Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
2:30 pm
Adjourn