SI 2017 Macro Perspectives
Organized by Philipp Kircher, Guido Menzio, and Giuseppe Moscarini
July 17-21, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Monday, July 17
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities

Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
2:00 pm

Skill Remoteness and Post-layoff Labor Market Outcomes

Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Macroeconomic Fluctuations with HANK and SAM: an Analytical Approach

Morten Ravn Vincent Sterk, University College London
4:30 pm

Monetary Policy, Heterogeneity and the Housing Channel

Aaron Hedlund, Purdue University
Fatih Karahan, Amazon, Inc.
Kurt Mitman, CEMFI
Serdar Ozkan, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Geography, Search Frictions and Trade Costs

Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University and NBER
Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College
2:00 pm

The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications

Jan De Loecker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Networks, Frictions, and Price Dispersion

Javier Donna, University of Miami
Pablo Schenone, Arizona State University
Gregory Veramendi, Royal Holloway, University of London (RH)
4:30 pm

Referral Networks and Inequality

Manolis Galenianos, Royal Holloway, University of London (RH)
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 19
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Discount Rates and Employment Fluctuations

Jaroslav Borovička, New York University and NBER
Katarína Borovickova, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2:00 pm

The Pervasive Importance of Tightness in Labor-Market Volatility

Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Importance of Hiring Frictions in Business Cycles

Renato Faccini, Danmarks Nationalbank
Eran Yashiv, Tel Aviv University
4:30 pm

Rational Inattention in Hiring Decisions

Shu Lin Wee, University of Melbourne
Sushant Acharya, University of Melbourne
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 20
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men

Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Yale University and NBER
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Mark A. Aguiar, Princeton University and NBER
2:00 pm

Shopping Effort in Self-Insurance Economies

Krzysztof Pytka, University of Mannheim
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Cyclical Labor Market Sorting

Leland D. Crane, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
4:30 pm

Wages, Workers and Vacancy Durations: Evidence from Linked Data

Andreas Kettemann, University of Zurich
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich
Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, July 21
8:00 am
Coffee and pastries
8:30 am

Employment Inequality: Why Do the Low-Skilled Work Less Now?

Erin L. Wolcott, Middlebury College
9:30 am

Skill Prices, Occupations, and Changes in the Wage Structure

Nicolas A. Roys, University of London
Christopher R. Taber, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

The Welfare Effects of Trade with Labour Market Risk

Lawrence Uren, University of Melbourne
Omid Mousavi, University of Melbourne
12:00 noon

A Model of Labor Supply, Fixed Costs and Work Schedules

Gonzalo A. Castex, Central Bank of Chile
Evgenia K. Dechter, University of New South Wales
1:00 pm
Adjourn and Lunch