Friday, March 11
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Does Occupational Licensing Reduce the Effectiveness of Customer Search on Digital Platforms? (slides)

Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER
Mischa Fisher, Angi Inc.

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am

Why Do Larger Firms Have Lower Labor Shares?

Lancelot Henry de Frahan, University of Chicago
Thibaut Lamadon, University of Chicago and NBER
Tom G. Meling, The Ohio State University
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Capital Investment and Labor Demand

Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
Kevin A. Roberts, Stanford Graduate School of Business
E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University
Daniel G. Garrett, University of Pennsylvania
Eric C. Ohrn, Grinnell College

Discussant:
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER (slides)
12:20 pm
Lunch - Lounge 220
1:20 pm

Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity

Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago
Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College

Discussant:
Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption

Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Marcus D. Casey, University of Illinois at Chicago (slides)
3:10 pm
Break
3:20 pm

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement (slides)

Aislinn Bohren, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Alex Imas, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago and NBER (slides)
4:10 pm
Adjourn