Friday, April 29

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome: Donna K. Ginther, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

9:10 am

Keynote: Michael Lauer, MD Deputy Director for Extramural Research, the National Institutes of Health

Price Shocks and Research Careers

10:00 am

Price Shocks and Scientific Production: Evidence from Minimum Wages and University Procurement Contracts

Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER
Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Minimum Wages for the Scientific Workforce: How a Fair Labor Standards Proposal Impacted Postdoctoral Researchers

Breno Braga, The Urban Institute
Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER

11:45 am

The Effect of Funding Delays on the Research Workforce: Evidence From Tax Records

Stephanie D. Cheng, Edgeworth Economics
Elisabeth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Wei Yang Tham, University of Toronto

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Keynote: Nik Ogryzko, UK Research and Innovation (slides)

Postdocs, Mentors and Industry Jobs

1:45 pm

What Explains Science's Expended Reliance on Postdoctoral Researchers?

Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Iowa State University and NBER

2:30 pm

The Effect of Mentor Gender on the Evaluation of Proteges

Marc J. Lerchenmueller, University of Mannheim
Leo Schmallenbach, University of Mannheim
Karin Hoisl, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

3:15 pm

Break

3:30 pm

A Tale of Two Markets? Knowledge, Skill, and STEM Career Outcomes

Xuan Jiang, Jinan University
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER

4:15 pm

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps: Donna Ginther

4:30 pm

Adjourn