SI 2016 Labor Studies

David Card, Organizer

July 25-29, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 25
9:20 am
Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Yale University and NBER

Divergent Paths: Structural Change, Economic Rank, and the Evolution of Racial Earnings Differences, 1940-2013
10:30 am
Julien M. Lafortune, Public Policy Institute of California
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University and NBER
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

School Finance Reform and the Distribution of Student Achievement
11:20 am
Jesse M. Gregory, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Chao Fu, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Estimation of an Equilibrium Model with Externalities: Combining the Strengths of Structural Models and Quasi-Experiments
1:15 pm
Jae Song, Social Security Administration
David J. Price, University of Toronto
Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Firming up Inequality
2:05 pm
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER

Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings
3:15 pm
Brian Bell, University of Oxford
Stephen Machin, London School of Economics

Minimum Wages and Firm Value
4:15 pm
Benjamin Friedrich, Northwestern University
Lisa Laun, Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
Costas Meghir, Yale University and NBER
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER

Earnings Dynamics and Firm-Level Shocks
Tuesday, July 26
1:15 pm
Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Neviana Petkova, Department of the Treasury
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER

Quasi-Experimental Estimates of Rent Sharing: Evidence from Administrative Tax Data
2:05 pm
Alexandre Mas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER

Valuing Alternative Work Arrangements
3:15 pm
Emily L. Breza, Harvard University and NBER
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Yogita Shamdasani, National University of Singapore

The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality
4:15 pm
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Evidence-Based Editorial Decisions
Thursday, July 28
1:30 pm
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Alexander Torgovitsky, University of Chicago

Extrapolation of Instrumental Variables Estimators Towards Externally Valid Parameters
2:40 pm
Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan and NBER

Doing More When You're Running LATE: Applying Marginal Treatment Effect Methods to Examine Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Experiments
3:50 pm
Matias D. Cattaneo, Princeton University
Michael Jansson, University of California at Berkeley
Xinwei Ma, University of Michigan

Slides of "Marginal Treatment Effects with Many Instruments"