Monday, July 13
11:00 am

Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks

Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER
Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
Pascal J. Noel, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
12:20 pm

The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences (slides)

Iacopo Morchio, University of Bristol
Christian A. Moser, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Laura Pilossoph, Duke University and NBER
1:40 pm
Virtual Breakout Room
2:10 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 14
11:00 am

Debt, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Allocation of Talent

Titan M. Alon, University of California, San Diego
Natalie Bachas, Princeton University
Arlene Wong, Princeton University

Discussant:
Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER (slides)
12:20 pm

Should Monetary Policy Care About Redistribution? (slides)

Alais Martin-Baillon, Sciences Po
Francois Le Grand, Rennes School of Business
Xavier Ragot, Sciences Po

Discussant:
Thomas J. Sargent, New York University and NBER
1:40 pm
Virtual Breakout Room
2:10 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 15
11:00 am
Is the Pandemic Recession Driven by Declining Demand or Declining Supply? Does it Matter for Policy? Does it Even Make Sense to Think in These Terms?
Part 1: Active Research (15 minute high level overview for authors of each paper)

Macroeconomic Implications of COVID-19: Can Negative Supply Shocks Cause Demand Shortages?

Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER
Guido Lorenzoni, University of Chicago and NBER
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER
Iván Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Supply and Demand in Disaggregated Keynesian Economies with an Application to the Covid-19 Crisis (slides)

David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Measuring Labor Supply and Demand Shocks During COVID-19 (slides)

Pedro Brinca, Nova School of Business and Economics
Joao B. Duarte, Nova School of Business and Economics
Miguel Faria-e-Castro, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Part 2: A Broader Perspective and Discussion
Panelists: Mark Bils, Jenifer La’O and Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde will engage in a discussion with authors about the pros and cons of the broad research topic.
Panel moderated by conference organizers.
Participants can submit questions to the moderators.
1:10 pm
Virtual Breakout Room
1:40 pm
Adjourn