SI 2018 Personnel Economics
Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw, Organizers
July 25-26, 2018
Skyline Rooms
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Wednesday, July 25 | ||
| 12:00 n | Lunch | |
| Today's Sessions will be joint with Labor Group in Ballroom | ||
| 1:10 pm |
Lucia Del Carpio, INSEAD Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD More Women in Tech? Evidence from a Field Experiment Addressing Social Identity |
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| 2:00 pm |
Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt Matthias Heinz, University of Cologne Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Nick Zubanov, Goethe University Frankfurt What Do Employee Referral Programs Do? |
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |
| 3:10 pm |
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER Giulia Bovini, Banca d'Italia Jin Li, University of Hong Kong Matteo Paradisi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance Michael L. Powell, Northwestern University Chains of Opportunity Revisited |
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| 4:00 pm |
Peter Fredriksson, Uppsala University Lena Hensvik, Uppsala University Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University Mismatch of Talent - Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 pm | Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel | |
| Thursday, July 26 | ||
| 8:10 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 8:40 am |
Bo Cowgill, Columbia University Dan Wang, Columbia University Agency and Homophily: Evidence from Software Engineers |
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| 9:20 am |
Michael Baker, University of Toronto and NBER Yosh Halberstam, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER Alexandre Mas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Derek Messacar, Memorial University Transparency Laws and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Canada |
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| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am |
Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Nadav Klein, University of Chicago Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor, Inc. Morgan Smart, Facebook Incentives Can Reduce Bias in Online Reviews |
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| 10:55 am |
Leila Agha, Harvard University and NBER Keith Marzilli Ericson, Boston University and NBER Kimberley Geissler, University of Massachusetts at Amherst James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER Team Formation and Performance: Evidence from Healthcare Referral Networks |
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| 11:35 am |
Alan M. Benson, University of Minnesota Aaron Sojourner, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Akhmed Umyarov Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market |
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Shai Bernstein, Harvard University and NBER Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Richard Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession |
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| 1:40 pm | Break | |
| 1:50 pm |
Alicia S. Modestino, Northeastern University Daniel W. Shoag, Case Western Reserve University Joshua Ballance, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Upskilling: Do Employers Demand Greater Skill When Workers Are Plentiful? |
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| 2:20 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
Katharina M. Janke, Lancaster University Carol Propper, Imperial College London Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS |
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| 3:20 pm | Adjourn | |