Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Card
February 12, 2016
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Friday, February 12

9:00 am

The Labor Market effects of a refugee Wave: Applying the Synthetic Control Method to the Mariel Boatlift

Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER
Vasil Yasenov, Stanford University

10:00 am

Long Term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia

Adriana D. Kugler, Georgetown University and NBER
Maurice Kugler, George Mason University
Juan Saavedra, Harvard University and NBER
Luis Omar Herrera Prada, International Monetary Fund

11:00 am

Un-Fortunate Sons: Effects of the Vietnam Draft Lottery on the Next Generation's Labor Market

Sarena Goodman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University

1:10 pm

The Myth of Unions’ Overprotection of Bad Teachers: Evidence from the District-Teacher Matched Panel Data on Teacher Turnover

Eunice Han, University of Utah

2:00 pm

Clustering as a Design Problem

Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Alberto Abadie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Guido Imbens, Stanford University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University

3:00 pm

The Women of the National Supported Work Demonstration

Sebastian Calonico, University of California, Davis