SI 2017 Macro Perspectives
Philipp Kircher, Guido Menzio, and Giuseppe Moscarini, Organizers
July 17-21, 2017
Longfellow Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Monday, July 17 | ||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago and NBER The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities |
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| 2:00 pm |
Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Skill Remoteness and Post-layoff Labor Market Outcomes |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Morten Ravn Vincent Sterk, University College London Macroeconomic Fluctuations with HANK and SAM: an Analytical Approach |
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| 4:30 pm |
Aaron Hedlund, Purdue University Fatih Karahan, Amazon Kurt Mitman, Institute for International Economic Studies Serdar Ozkan, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Policy, Heterogeneity and the Housing Channel |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Tuesday, July 18 | ||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University and NBER Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College Geography, Search Frictions and Trade Costs |
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| 2:00 pm |
Jan De Loecker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Javier Donna, University of Miami Pablo Schenone, Arizona State University Gregory Veramendi, Royal Holloway University of London Networks, Frictions, and Price Dispersion |
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| 4:30 pm |
Manolis Galenianos, Royal Holloway, University of London Referral Networks and Inequality |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, July 19 | ||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Jaroslav Borovička, New York University and NBER Katarína Borovickova, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Discount Rates and Employment Fluctuations |
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| 2:00 pm |
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Pervasive Importance of Tightness in Labor-Market Volatility |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Renato Faccini, Danmarks Nationalbank Eran Yashiv, Tel Aviv University The Importance of Hiring Frictions in Business Cycles |
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| 4:30 pm |
Shu Lin Wee, Bank of Canada Sushant Acharya, University of Melbourne Rational Inattention in Hiring Decisions |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Thursday, July 20 | ||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER Kerwin Kofi Charles, Yale University and NBER Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER Mark A. Aguiar, Princeton University and NBER Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men |
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| 2:00 pm |
Krzysztof Pytka, University of Mannheim Shopping Effort in Self-Insurance Economies |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Leland D. Crane, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Cyclical Labor Market Sorting |
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| 4:30 pm |
Andreas Kettemann, University of Zurich Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich Josef Zweimueller, University of Zurich Wages, Workers and Vacancy Durations: Evidence from Linked Data |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 pm | Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel | |
| Friday, July 21 | ||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and pastries | |
| 8:30 am |
Erin L. Wolcott, Middlebury College Employment Inequality: Why Do the Low-Skilled Work Less Now? |
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| 9:30 am |
Nicolas A. Roys, University of London Christopher R. Taber, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Skill Prices, Occupations, and Changes in the Wage Structure |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Lawrence Uren, University of Melbourne Omid Mousavi, University of Melbourne The Welfare Effects of Trade with Labour Market Risk |
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| 12:00 noon |
Gonzalo A. Castex, Central Bank of Chile Evgenia K. Dechter, University of New South Wales A Model of Labor Supply, Fixed Costs and Work Schedules |
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| 1:00 pm | Adjourn and Lunch | |