Wednesday, July 26

Afternoon joint with Labor Studies (Ballroom A)

1:00 pm

Lateral Moves, Promotions, and Task-Specific Human Capital: Theory and Evidence

Xin Jin, University of South Florida
Michael Waldman, Cornell University

2:00 pm

Occupational Licensing of Uber Drivers

Jonathan Hall, Uber
Jason Hicks, University of Victoria
Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota and NBER

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers

Hyejin Ku, University College London

4:30 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 27

8:15 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:45 am

Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency

Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, Brown University

9:30 am

Innovating in Science and Engineering or "Cashing In" on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent

Pian Shu, Harvard University

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

CEO Behavior and Firm Performance

Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
Stephen Hansen, University College London
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER

11:15 am

Competition and Prosociality: A Field Experiment in Ghana

Kerstin Grosch, University of Goettingen
Marcela Ibanez, University of Goettingen
Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:00 pm

Jobs for Sale: Corruption and Misallocation in Hiring

Jeff B. Weaver, University of Southern California

1:45 pm

Break

2:00 pm

The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates In A Large Field Experiment

Laura K. Gee, Tufts University

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Management Quality in Public Education: Superintendents Value-Added, Students’ Outcomes and Mechanisms

Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
Adi Boiko, Hebrew University

3:45 pm

Adjourn