Cities, Labor Markets, and the Global Economy Conference

Edward L. Glaeser and Stephen J. Redding, Organizers

October 25-26, 2019

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, October 25
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am
Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Federico Esposito, Tufts University

General Equilibrium Indirect Effects in Space: Theory and Measurement
Discussant: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Felipe Schwartzman, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm
Pick up Boxed Lunch
Policy Roundtable (Chaired by Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER)
1:15 pm
Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon
Oren Ziv, Michigan State University

Entrepôt (slides)
Discussant: Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University

Measuring Commuting and Economic Activity inside Cities with Cell Phone Records
Discussant: Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego

Growing Apart: Tradable Services and the Fragmentation of the U.S. Economy
Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
André Kurmann, Drexel University
Philip A. Luck, University of Colorado Denver

The Impact of Chinese Trade on U.S. Employment: The Good, The Bad, and The Debatable
Discussant: Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner at Bambara
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Saturday, October 26
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Eran Hoffmann, Hebrew University
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
Martin Schneider, Stanford University and NBER

Jobs at Risk, Regional Growth, and Labor Market Flows
Discussant: Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Danny Yagan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Place-Based Redistribution
Discussant: Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Christoph Hedtrich, Uppsala University
Roberto Pinheiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Technology, Spatial Sorting, and Job Polarization
Discussant: James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Dante Restaurant, Level 1
1:30 pm
Victor Couture, University of British Columbia
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting
Discussant: Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
2:30 pm
Adjourn