Thursday, May 20
Format: 20 minutes for authors, 20 minutes for discussants
and 10 minutes for general discussion.
10:00 am
Welcome/Objectives:
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
10:10 am

Skill Heterogeneity and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics

John R. Grigsby, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
11:10 am

Human Capitalists

Andrea L. Eisfeldt, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Mindy Z. Xiaolan, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant:
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER
12:10 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Panel 1: Supply, Demand and Wage Dynamics
Panelists:
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER

Moderator: Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
1:30 pm
Break
1:45 pm

Spillover Effects from Voluntary Employer Minimum Wages

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Clemens Noelke, Boston University
David Weil, Brandeis University

Discussant:
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
2:35 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Employer Concentration and Outside Options

Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bledi Taska, SkyHive

Discussant:
Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER
3:35 pm
Break
3:50 pm
Panel 2: Market Power in the Labor Market
Panelists:
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California at Berkeley
David Card, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Alan Manning, London School of Economics

Moderator: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, May 21
10:00 am

Firm Market Power, Worker Mobility, and Wages in the U.S. Labor Market (slides)

Sadhika Bagga, University of Rochester

Discussant:
Laura Pilossoph, Duke University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am

Industries, Mega Firms, and Increasing Inequality

John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
James Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau, retired

Discussant:
Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER
12:20 pm

Differences in On-the-Job Learning Across Firms

Jaime Arellano-Bover, Yale University
Fernando Saltiel, McGill University

Discussant:
Joseph Altonji, Yale University and NBER
1:20 pm
Break
1:30 pm
Panel 3: Macroeconomics and Wage Dynamics
Panelists:
Mary Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (slides)
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER,
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER

Moderator: James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm
Closing:
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:35 pm
Adjourn