SI 2017 Macro Perspectives

Philipp Kircher, Guido Menzio, and Giuseppe Moscarini, Organizers

July 17-21, 2017

Longfellow Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 17
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities
2:00 pm

Skill Remoteness and Post-layoff Labor Market Outcomes
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Macroeconomic Fluctuations with HANK and SAM: an Analytical Approach
4:30 pm

Monetary Policy, Heterogeneity and the Housing Channel
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Geography, Search Frictions and Trade Costs
2:00 pm

The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Networks, Frictions, and Price Dispersion
4:30 pm

Referral Networks and Inequality
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 19
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Discount Rates and Employment Fluctuations
2:00 pm

The Pervasive Importance of Tightness in Labor-Market Volatility
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Importance of Hiring Frictions in Business Cycles
4:30 pm

Rational Inattention in Hiring Decisions
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 20
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men
2:00 pm

Shopping Effort in Self-Insurance Economies
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Cyclical Labor Market Sorting
4:30 pm

Wages, Workers and Vacancy Durations: Evidence from Linked Data
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

Employment Inequality: Why Do the Low-Skilled Work Less Now?
9:30 am

Skill Prices, Occupations, and Changes in the Wage Structure
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

The Welfare Effects of Trade with Labour Market Risk
12:00 noon

A Model of Labor Supply, Fixed Costs and Work Schedules
1:00 pm
Adjourn and Lunch