SI 2015 Labor Studies

David Card, Caroline M. Hoxby, Amy Finkelstein, Edward P. Lazear, and Kathryn L. Shaw, Organizers

July 20-24, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 20
8:30 am
8:30 am

Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Market Penalty for Skilled Women
9:20 am
9:20 am

The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions for Individuals with Health Insurance
10:30 am
10:30 am

Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes: The Case of Head Start
11:20 am
11:20 am

The Rise of Domestic Outsourcing and the Evolution of the German Wage Structure
2:05 pm

Contract Staggering and Unemployment During the Great Recession: Evidence from Spain
3:15 pm

Wage Rigidity and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from Administrative Data
4:15 pm

The Lifecycle of Inventors
Tuesday, July 21
10:30

Who Wants Affordable Housing in their Backyard? An Equilibrium Analysis of Low Income Property Development
11:20 am

Shaming Tax Delinquents: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States
1:15 pm
1:15 pm

Homeownership and the American Dream - An Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility Effects
2:05 pm
2:05 pm

Childhood Housing and Adult Earnings: A Between-Siblings Analysis of Housing Vouchers and Public Housing
3:15 pm
3:15 pm

Blame the Parents? How Financial Incentives Affect Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults
4:15 pm

The Persistence of Local Joblessness
Wednesday, July 22
3:30 pm

Competing for Labor through Contracts: Selection, Matching, Firm Organization and Investments
Thursday, July 23
1:30 pm
1:30 pm

Leveraging Lotteries For School Value-added: Testing and Estimation
2:40 pm
2:40 pm

NBER Summer Institute Slides - Group Average Observables as Controls for Sorting on Unobservables When Estimating Group Treatment Effects: The Case of School and Neighborhood Effects
3:50 pm
3:50 pm

A Distributional Framework for Matched Employer-Employee Data