Labor Demand and Older Workers
Organized by Kevin S. Milligan
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
November 15, 2019
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Friday, November 15

8:20 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:50 am

Welcome and Introduction -- Kevin Milligan

9:00 am

Sorting into Jobs and Labor Supply and Demand at Older Ages (slides)

updated

Marco Angrisani, University of Southern California
Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California and NBER
Erik Meijer, University of Southern California

9:55 am

Break

10:20 am

Natural Resource Booms and Older Workers

Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta
Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER

11:15 am

Demographics and Automation (slides)

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER

12:10 pm

Lunch
Speakers: Laurie McCann and Mindy Feldbaum, AARP

1:15 pm

Wages and the Value of Nonemployment

Simon Jäger, Princeton University and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

2:10 pm

Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects (slides)

slides have newer results

Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER
Stefan Pichler, University of Groningen
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim

3:05 pm

Wrap up -- Kevin Milligan

3:15 pm

Adjourn