SI 2017 Personnel Economics

Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw, Organizers

July 26-27, 2017

Skyline Rooms

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,Cambridge, MA

Wednesday, July 26
	Afternoon joint with Labor Studies (Ballroom A)
1:00 pm	Xin Jin, University of South Florida Michael Waldman, Cornell University Lateral Moves, Promotions, and Task-Specific Human Capital: Theory and Evidence
2:00 pm	Jonathan Hall, Uber Jason Hicks, University of Victoria Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota and NBER Occupational Licensing of Uber Drivers
3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Hyejin Ku, University College London Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 27
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, Brown University Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency
9:30 am	Pian Shu, Harvard University Innovating in Science and Engineering or "Cashing In" on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Stephen Hansen, University College London Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER CEO Behavior and Firm Performance
11:15 am	Kerstin Grosch, University of Goettingen Marcela Ibanez, University of Goettingen Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER Competition and Prosociality: A Field Experiment in Ghana
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Jeff B. Weaver, University of Southern California Jobs for Sale: Corruption and Misallocation in Hiring
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Laura K. Gee, Tufts University The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates In A Large Field Experiment
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER Adi Boiko, Hebrew University Management Quality in Public Education: Superintendents Value-Added, Students’ Outcomes and Mechanisms
3:45 pm	Adjourn