Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Autor and Alexandre Mas
November 7-8, 2019
Sheraton Grand Chicago Hotel, 301 E. North Water Street, Chicago, IL
Thursday, November 7
6:30 pm
Dinner, Sheraton Grand Chicago
Speaker: Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago and NBER
Monopsony Power in Higher Education: A Tale of Two Tracks
Friday, November 8
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

The Returns to College(s): Estimating Value-Added and Match Effects in Higher Education

Brent R. Hickman, Washington University in St. Louis
Jack Mountjoy, University of Chicago and NBER
9:15 am

Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality (slides)

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Claire Montialoux, Sciences Po
10:00 am
Break
10:10 am

The EITC and the Extensive Margin: A Reappraisal

Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
10:55 am

The Work-Leisure Tradeoff: Identifying the Heterogeneity

Gizem Kosar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER
Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER
11:40 am
Lunch
12:35 pm

Labor Rationing: A Revealed Preference Approach From Hiring Shocks

Emily Breza, Harvard University and NBER
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Yogita Shamdasani, National University of Singapore
1:20 pm

The Impact of the Retirement Slowdown on the U.S. Youth Labor Market

Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2:05 pm
Break
2:15 pm

When Does Labor Market Flexibility Reduce Gender Wage Gaps?

Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin Posmanick, Clemson University
3:00 pm

Estimating Social Preferences and Gift Exchange with a Piece-Rate Design (slides)

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:45 pm
Adjourn