Labor Studies Program Meeting
Organized by David Autor and Alexandre Mas
February 21, 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Yellen Conference Room, 1st Floor,101 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, February 20
6:30 pm
Dinner
Perbacco Restaurant
230 California Street
San Francisco, CA
Friday, February 21
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation: Evidence from Italian and German Provinces

Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
Andrea Ichino, European University Institute
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Johanna Posch, Oxera Consulting LLP
9:10 am

The Effects of Foreign Multinationals on Workers and Firms in the United States

Bradley Setzler, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
9:50 am
Break
10:10 am

It Ain’t Where You’re From It’s Where You’re At: Firm Effects, State Dependence, and the Gender Wage Gap

Sabrina L. Di Addario, Banca d'Italia
Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Raffaele D. Saggio, University of British Columbia and NBER
Mikkel Sølvsten
10:50 am

Attention as Human Capital

Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Heather Schofield, Cornell University
11:15 am

Learning about Homelessness in the U.S. Using Linked Administrative and Survey Data (slides)

Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College
Alexa Grunwaldt, University of Chicago
Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau
Derek Wu, University of Virginia
11:40 am
Lunch-Market Street Dining Room
12:50 pm

The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers’ Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications

Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER
1:30 pm

Who Pays for Health Care Costs? The Effects of Health Care Prices on Wages

Daniel R. Arnold, University of California, Berkeley
Christopher M. Whaley, Brown University
2:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing

Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
Andrey Fradkin, Boston University
Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
3:10 pm

Winners and Losers? The Effect of Gaining and Losing Access to Selective Colleges on Labor Market Outcomes

Sandra E. Black, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:50 pm
Adjourn
4:00 pm
Reception following the meeting