Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Autor and Alexandre Mas
February 15-16, 2018
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Thursday, February 15
6:30 pm
Dinner
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
Friday, February 16
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Era of Upward Mobility

David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Ciprian Domnisoru, Aalto University
9:20 am

The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism

Amanda Agan, Cornell University and NBER
Michael D. Makowsky, Clemson University
10:10 am
Break
10:20 am

The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and Its Sources: Evidence from Germany

Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jörg Heining, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
11:10 am

The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers

Cody Cook, Yale University
Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
Jonathan Hall, Uber
Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch- Market Street Dining Room, 4th Floor
1:00 pm

Marginal Jobs and Job Surplus: Evidence from Separations and Unemployment Insurance

Simon Jaeger, Princeton University and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich
1:50 pm

Labor Market Concentration

Jose Azar, University of Navarra
Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Marshall I. Steinbaum, University of Utah Department of Economics
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm

Who Benefits From Productivity Growth? n The Direct and Indirect Effects of Local TFP Shocks

Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:45 pm
Adjourn