Wage Dynamics in the 21st Century
Organized by Erik Hurst, Lisa B. Kahn, and Ayşegül Şahin
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
September 12-13, 2024
Skyline Room CDE, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Thursday, September 12
12:00 pm
Lunch
Skyline AB Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
1:00 pm

The Diminishing Output Elasticity of Labor

Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Joachim Hubmer, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 pm

Revisiting U.S. Wage Inequality at the Bottom 50% (slides)

Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University

Discussant:
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Impact of Labour Demand Shocks when Occupational Labour Supplies are Heterogeneous

Michael J. Boehm, TU Dortmund University
Ben S. Etheridge, University of Essex
Aitor Irastorza-Fadrique, Institute for Fiscal Studies: IFS

Discussant:
Gizem Koşar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
4:30 pm

Meritocracy across Countries

Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ananya Kotia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University and NBER
Christian Moser, Columbia University and NBER
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Elena Manresa, Princeton University
Adjourn and Reception, Skyline AB Room
6:30 pm
Friday, September 13
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences

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

Discussant:
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich
9:30 am

One Cohort at a Time: A New Perspective on the Declining Gender Pay Gap

Jaime Arellano-Bover, Yale University
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Salvatore Lattanzio, Banca d'Italia
Matteo Paradisi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

Discussant:
Patricia Cortés, Boston University and NBER
Break
10:50 am

Job Dynamics with Staffed Labor (slides)

Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Chen Yeh, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Andrea Atencio De Leon, International Monetary Fund

Discussant:
Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale University and NBER
11:50 am
Lunch Panel: Recent Trends in the Labor Market from Administrative Data
Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn
Nela Richardson, ADP
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
1:15 pm

How Do Firms Respond to Unions?

Samuel Dodini, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Anna M. Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander Willén, Norwegian School of Economics

Discussant:
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
2:15 pm

Robots, Tools, and Jobs: Evidence from Brazilian Labor Markets

Gustavo De Souza, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Haishi Li, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Discussant:
Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
3:15 pm
Adjourn