Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Autor and Alexandre Mas
November 19, 2021
Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Friday, November 19
9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
10:00 am

Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality (slides)

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

Discussant:
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER
10:55 am
Break
11:00 am

Who Values Human Capitalists' Human Capital? The Earnings and Labor Supply of US Physicians

Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Kevin Rinz, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Hugh Shiplett, University of New Brunswick
Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER
11:55 am
Break
12:00 pm

Power and Dignity In the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Walmart Workers

Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
Adam D. Reich, Columbia University

Discussant:
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
12:55 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm

The Effects of Letters of Recommendation in the Youth Labor Market

Sara Heller, University of Michigan and NBER
Judd B. Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Alicia S. Modestino, Northeastern University
2:55 pm
Break
3:00 pm

National Wage Setting

Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER
Bledi Taska, SkyHive

Discussant:
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
3:55 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Location, Location, Location

David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Moises Yi, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
4:55 pm
Adjourn