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 Minnesota 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 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