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SI 2026 Labor Studies
Organized by Abi Adams, David Autor, Anders Humlum, Lisa B. Kahn, Lorenzo Lagos, Alexandre Mas, Joseph Price, Simon Quach, and Raffaele Saggio
July 27-29, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA, zoom.us
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Monday, July 27
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8:00 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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8:30 am
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Public Perceptions of Discrimination at Large Firms
Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Evan K. Rose, The University of Chicago and NBER
Christopher R. Walters, The University of Chicago and NBER
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9:10 am
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Foreign Opportunity and Local Revival: Evidence from the French Rust Belt
Mathilde Muñoz, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Antoine B. Levy, University of California, Berkeley
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9:50 am
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Break
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10:10 am
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Integrators: The Firm Boundaries of Capital-Skill Complementarity
Gert Bijnens, National Bank of Belgium
Anders Humlum, The University of Chicago and NBER
Stijn Vanormelingen, KU Leuven
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10:50 am
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AI Agents and Higher-Order Work
Suproteem K. Sarkar, The University of Chicago
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11:15 am
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Break
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11:25 am
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Technological Unemployment in Victorian Britain: Young Workers and the Collapse of Entry
Hillary G. Vipond, London School of Economics
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11:50 am
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Job Ads as Signals: Evidence from a Priced Amenity and Worker Beliefs
Pawel Adrjan, Indeed Hiring Lab
Maria Balgova, Bank of England
Simon Jäger, Princeton University and NBER
Jonas Jessen, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Jason A. Sockin, Cornell University
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12:15 pm
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Lunch
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1:15 pm
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What Do (Thousands of) Union Do? Union-Specific Pay Premia and Inequality
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
François Gerard, University College London
Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University and NBER
Claire Montialoux, Sciences Po
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1:40 pm
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Employer Preferences and Job-Seeker Beliefs: Experimental Evidence from the Post-College Job Search Process
Laura Caron, Columbia University
Tarikua Erda, New York University
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2:20 pm
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The Consequences of Labor Demand Shocks Across Countries
Stefano Lombardi, VATT Institute for Economic Research
Antoine Bertheau, Banque de France
Raffaele Saggio, University of British Columbia and NBER
Oona Tuominen, ifo Institute
Edoardo Maria Acabbi, University of Mannheim
Andreas Gulyas, University of Mannheim
Marco Palladino, Banque de France
Tobias Renkin, Danmarks Nationalbank
Salvatore Lattanzio, Banca d'Italia
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2:45 pm
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Break
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3:05 pm
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Financial Consequences of College Financial Aid
Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Lucas Goodman, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
Andrew Whitten, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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3:45 pm
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The Labor Market as an Equilibrium Newsvendor Problem
Alexandre Mas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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4:25 pm
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Adjourn
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Tuesday, July 28
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8:33 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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8:55am
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Morning Joint Session with Gender in the Economy Working Group in Ballroom A
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9:00 am
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Gender Targeting in U.S. Newspaper Ads: 1940-2000
Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
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9:45 am
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Women in Law and the Draft
Thomas Helgerman, University of Minnesota
Benjamin Pyle, Boston University
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10:30 am
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Break
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10:45 am
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Workplace Amenities and the Gender Pay Gap
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus University
Yana Gallen, The University of Chicago
Kerstin Holzheu, Sciences Po
Kristian S. Hedeager, Kraka
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11:30 am
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Intergenerational Consequences of Parental Employment Under Childcare Scarcity
Arash Nekoei, Stockholm University
Ehsan Sabouri Kenari, Stockholm University
Josef Sigurdsson, Stockholm University
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Afternoon Joint Session with Personnel Economics in Ballroom A
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1:00 pm
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Internal Labor Markets and Inequality
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Andreas R. Kostøl, BI Norwegian Business School
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1:45 pm
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Leveling Down: Competition and Discrimination in Service Markets
Kwabena B. Donkor, Stanford University
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2:10 pm
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Break
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2:30 pm
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An Experiment in Background Check Adjudication & Fair Chance Hiring
Amanda Y. Agan, Cornell University and NBER
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Emma Rackstraw, Swarthmore College
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2:55 pm
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Monopsony and Backloaded Compensation: Theory and Evidence from Public Accountants
Michael Rubens, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Bernardo S. Silveira, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
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3:40 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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(Mis)perceptions of the Labor Market
Pierre Deschamps, Stockton University
Morgane Hoffmann, CREST
Morgane Laouenan, Centre d''Economie de la Sorbonne
Louis-Pierre Lepage, Stockholm University
Charles Pebereau, Malt
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4:25 pm
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AI-Assisted Programming and Labor Demand
Lindsey Raymond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eleanor W. Dillon, Microsoft Research
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5:10 pm
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Adjourn
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Wednesday, July 29
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8:15 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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Morning Joint Session with Public Economics
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8:45 am
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Creating New Businesses in America: The Determinants of and Returns to Entrepreneurship
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Gaia Dossi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
Matthew Smith, U.S. Department of the Treasury
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER
Eric Zwick, The University of Chicago and NBER
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9:30 am
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At-Risk or Responsive? Targeting in Unemployment Policy
Sebastian Y. D. Ernst, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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10:15 am
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Break
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10:35 am
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The Unequal Effects of Shorter Workweeks: Evidence from France’s 35-Hour Reform
Pauline Carry, Princeton University
Claire Montialoux, Sciences Po
Elio Nimier-David, Cornell University
Alexandra Roulet, INSEAD
Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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11:20 am
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Childcare and Female Labor Supply in the Era of Remote Work: Evidence from Administrative Tax Data
Yana Gallen, The University of Chicago
Stephanie A. Karol, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Dmitri K. Koustas, The University of Chicago
Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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12:05 pm
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Lunch
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Afternoon Joint Session with Education
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1:00 pm
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The Tax Consequences and Economic Impact of NIL and Revenue Sharing Payments to Student Athletes
Andrew Barr, Texas A&M University and NBER
Laura Kawano, University of Michigan
Mason Parris-Bacon, Dartmouth College
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College and NBER
Michael Stevens, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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1:50 pm
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The Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese K12 Education
David Strömberg, Stockholm University
Victor Lei, The university of Hong Kong
Yanhui Wu, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
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2:50 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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The Effects of School Smartphone Restrictions in the United States
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
E. Jason Baron, Duke University and NBER
Thomas Dee, Stanford University and NBER
Angela L. Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER
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3:50 pm
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The Effects of Charter Schools on Economic Mobility
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University and NBER
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4:50 pm
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Adjourn
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