Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Card
February 21, 2014
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Friday, February 21

1

Union Organizing Decisions in a Deteriorating Environment: The Composition of Representation Elections and the Decline in Turnout

Henry S. Farber, Princeton University and NBER

2

Recovering Ex Ante Returns and Preferences for Occupations Using Subjective Expectations Data

Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University and NBER
V. Joseph Hotz, University of Chicago and NBER
Arnaud Maurel, Duke University and NBER
Teresa Romano, Oxford College of Emory University

3

The Facts About Referrals: Toward an Understanding of Employee Referral Networks

Stephen V. Burks, University of Minnesota Morris
Bo Cowgill, Columbia University
Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Michael Housman, Evolv, Inc.

4

Recent Extensions of U.S. Unemployment Benefits: Search Responses Under Varying Labor Market States

Robert G. Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

5

Private Equity, Technological Investment, and Labor Outcomes

Ashwini Agrawal, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania