Labor Studies Program Meeting

David Autor and Alexandre Mas, Organizers

November 9, 2018

The Gleacher Center, Room 600, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, November 8
6:30 pm
Dinner
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E North Water Street
Chicago, IL

Dinner Talk: Stefano DellaVigna, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Are Referees and Editors in Economics Gender Neutral?
Friday, November 9
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Emily Breza, Harvard University and NBER
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nandita Krishnaswamy, Columbia University

Scabs: The Social Suppression of Labor Supply
9:15 am
John Conlon, Carnegie Mellon University
Laura Pilossoph, Duke University and NBER
Matthew J. Wiswall, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER

Labor Market Search With Imperfect Information and Learning
9:55 am
Break
10:10 am
Stephane Bonhomme, University of Chicago
Kerstin Holzheu, Sciences Po
Thibaut Lamadon, University of Chicago and NBER
Elena Manresa, New York University
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

How Much Should we Trust Estimates of Firm Effects and Worker Sorting?
10:55 am
Kirill Borusyak, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics

Quasi-Experimental Shift-Share Research Designs
11:35 am
Lunch- 250 Lounge (2nd Floor)
12:35 pm
Zoë B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons
1:20 pm
Benjamin G. Hyman, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Can Displaced Labor be Retrained? Evidence from Quasi-Random Assignment to Trade Adjustment Assistance
2:00 pm
Break
2:10 pm
Janna Johnson, University of Minnesota
Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota and NBER

Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration? (slides)
2:55 pm
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER

Demand for Leisure and Flexible Work Arrangements
3:35 pm
Adjourn