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Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Autor and Alexandre Mas
November 14, 2025
SIEPR, Stanford University, Koret-Taube Conference Center, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, Zoom
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Friday, November 14
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8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:30 am
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Paired Movers: A New Test of (Log) Additive Separability
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER
Lucas Warwar, Stanford University
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9:10 am
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How People Use ChatGPT
Aaron Chatterji, Duke University and NBER
Thomas Cunningham, OpenAI
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Zoe Hitzig, Harvard University
Christopher Ong, Harvard University
Carl Yan Shan, OpenAI
Kevin Wadman, OpenAI
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9:35 am
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The Race between Academia and Industry for AI Researchers
Francesca Miserocchi, Tilburg University
Savannah G. Noray, Harvard Kennedy School
Alice H. Wu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:20 am
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Job Transformation, Specialization, and the Labor Market Effects of AI
Lukas Freund, Boston College
Lukas Friedrich Mann, Arizona State University
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11:00 am
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Labor and Product Market Power, Endogenous Quality, and the Consolidation of the US Hospital Industry
(slides)
Bradley Setzler, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
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11:40 am
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Lunch
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12:40 pm
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Managers and the Cultural Transmission of Gender Norms
Virginia Minni, University of Chicago
Kieu-Trang Nguyen, University of Melbourne
Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER
Carla Srebot Roeder, University of British Columbia
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1:20 pm
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Global Working Hours
(slides)
Amory Gethin, The World Bank
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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1:45 pm
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Break
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2:00 pm
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Labor Market Tightness, Wage Inequality and Workplace Amenities
Anikó Bíró, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Joao Galindo da Fonseca, University of Montreal
Attila S. Lindner, University College London
Timea Laura Molnar, Central European University
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2:40 pm
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The Wheel of (Over)Time
Jacob Kohlhepp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert McDonough, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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3:05 pm
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Break
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3:20 pm
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State Capacity and Infrastructure Costs
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Zachary Liscow, Yale University
Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
William H. Nober, Columbia University
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3:45 pm
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Empowering Inclusive Work
Yanyou Chen, University of Toronto
Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Huilan Xu, Zhejiang University
Zhe Yuan, Zhejiang University
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4:10 pm
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Adjourn
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