SI 2017 Personnel Economics
Organized by Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw
July 26-27, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,Cambridge, MA
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, Sight Sphere
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

CEO Behavior and Firm Performance

Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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