Organizational Economics Working Group
Organized by Raffaella Sadun and Andrea Prat
April 10-11, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (Charles Suites)
FORMAT: 25 minutes for presenter, 10 minutes for discussant, remaining time for Q&A.
Thursday, April 10
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Ideas Generation and Innovation in Bureaucracies: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Qualitative Data

Imran Rasul, University College London
Margherita Fornasari, The World Bank
Daniel Rogger, The World Bank
Martin J. Williams, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:50 am

Management Style Under the Spotlight: Evidence from Studio Recordings

Girum Abebe, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Marcel Fafchamps, Stanford University and NBER
Michael Koelle, University of Oxford
Simon Quinn, Imperial College London
Tom Schwantje, Bocconi University

Discussant:
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

The Structure of the Social Organization

Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Eduardo M. Azevedo, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 pm

Unpacking Accountability in Multi-layered Organizations

Monica Martinez-Bravo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
Carlos Sanz, Banco de España
Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:50 pm
Lunch - University BC (level one)
1:50 pm

One Cohort at a Time: Young Workers’ Outcomes and the Declining Gender Pay Gap

Jaime Arellano-Bover, Yale University
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Salvatore Lattanzio, Banca d'Italia
Matteo Paradisi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Discussant:
Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER
2:40 pm

Managers and the Cultural Transmission of Gender Norms

Virginia Minni, University of Chicago
Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Northwestern University
Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Corporate Hierarchy

Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
Xavier Giroud, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD
4:50 pm

Prosociality and Layoffs

Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania
Clint T. Hamilton, University of California, Berkeley
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
5:40 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at Monteverdi (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, April 11
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Poaching, Raids, and Managerial Compensation

Yi Chen, Cornell University
Fabiano Dal-Ri, Cornell University
Thomas Jungbauer, Cornell University
Daniela Scur, Cornell University

Discussant:
Michael Raith, University of Rochester
9:50 am

Incentives and Selection (slides)

Henrique Castro-Pires, Harvard University
George Georgiadis, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Rahul Deb, Boston College
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

Internal and Market Pay References in Firms

Claudine M. Gartenberg, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm

Organizational Technology Ladders: Remote Work and Generative AI Adoption

Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
Lindsey Raymond, Microsoft Research
12:05 pm
The following session will not be livestreamed:
12:50 pm
Working Lunch and Guest Speakers:
Jeffrey Kling, Congressional Budget Office
Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
1:50 pm
Adjourn