Labor Studies Program Meeting

David Autor and Alexandre Mas, Organizers

February 21, 2020

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Yellen Conference Room, 1st Floor,101 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

Thursday, February 20
6:30 pm	Dinner Perbacco Restaurant 230 California Street San Francisco, CA
Friday, February 21
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Tito Boeri, Bocconi University Andrea Ichino, European University Institute Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Johanna Posch, Oxera Consulting LLP Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation: Evidence from Italian and German Provinces
9:10 am	Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER The Effects of Foreign Multinationals on Workers and Firms in the United States
9:50 am	Break
10:10 am	Sabrina L. Di Addario, Bank of Italy Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Raffaele D. Saggio, University of British Columbia and NBER Mikkel Sølvsten It Ain’t Where You’re From It’s Where You’re At: Firm Effects, State Dependence, and the Gender Wage Gap
10:50 am	Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Heather Schofield, Cornell University Attention as Human Capital
11:15 am	Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College Alexa Grunwaldt, University of Chicago Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau Derek Wu, University of Virginia Learning about Homelessness in the U.S. Using Linked Administrative and Survey Data (slides)
11:40 am	Lunch-Market Street Dining Room
12:50 pm	Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers’ Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications
1:30 pm	Daniel R. Arnold, University of California at Berkeley Christopher M. Whaley, Brown University Who Pays for Health Care Costs? The Effects of Health Care Prices on Wages
2:10 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER Andrey Fradkin, Boston University Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St Louis and NBER Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing
3:10 pm	Sandra E. Black, Columbia University and NBER Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Notre Dame and NBER Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Winners and Losers? The Effect of Gaining and Losing Access to Selective Colleges on Labor Market Outcomes
3:50 pm	Adjourn
4:00 pm	Reception following the meeting