SI 2020 Labor Studies
David Autor, Patrick M. Kline, and Alexandre Mas, Organizers
July 20-23, 2020
on Zoom.us
| Monday, July 20 | ||||
| 12:00 pm |
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Ben Weidmann, Harvard University Team Players: How Social Skills Improve Group Performance |
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| Moderator: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University and NBER | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Lindsey R. Raymond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Hiring as Exploration |
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| Moderator: Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER | ||||
| 2:00 pm |
Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER The Central Role of the Ask Gap in Gender Pay Inequality |
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| Moderator: Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER | ||||
| 3:00 pm |
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER Clemens Noelke, Brandeis University David Weil, Brown University and NBER Spillover Effects From Voluntary Employer Minimum Wages |
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| Moderator: Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER | ||||
| 4:00 pm |
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER Robert Fluegge, Harvard University Federico Gonzalez, Harvard University Matthew Jacob Martin Koenen, Harvard University Eduardo Laguna-Müggenburg, Stanford University Wilbur Townsend, Harvard University Ruby Zhang, Harvard University Michael Bailey, Facebook Pablo Barbera, Facebook Monica Bhole, Facebook Facebook Core Data Science Team New Indices of Social Capital: Measurement, Determinants, and Applications to Economic Mobility |
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| Moderator: Kerwin Charles, Yale University and NBER | ||||
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 21 | ||||
| 12:00 pm |
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics Céline Antonin, Sciences Po Simon P. Bunel, Banque de France Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics What Are the Labor and Product Market Effects of Automation? New Evidence from France |
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| Moderator: Lawrence Katz, Harvard University and NBER | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER Jeanne Lafortune, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER José Tessada, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Electrifying? How New Technologies Impact Productivity and Jobs |
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| Moderator: Martha Bailey, University of Michigan and NBER | ||||
| 2:00 pm |
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER Yao Luo, University of Toronto Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER Imperfect Competition and Rents in Labor and Product Markets: The Case of the Construction Industry |
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| Moderator: John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER | ||||
| 3:00 pm |
Jiwon Choi, Brandeis University Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER Ebonya L. Washington, Columbia University and NBER Gavin Wright, Stanford University Local Employment and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA |
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| Moderator: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER | ||||
| 4:00 pm |
Kyle Greenberg, United States Military Academy at West Point and NBER Matthew Gudgeon, Tufts University Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University Corbin Miller, Internal Revenue Service Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University Army Service in the All-Volunteer Era |
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| Moderator: Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER | ||||
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Wednesday, July 22 | ||||
| Methods Session in Labor Studies | ||||
| 10:00 am |
David Arnold, University of California, San Diego and NBER Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions
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| 11:00 am |
Rachael Meager, London School of Economics Aggregating Distributional Treatment Effects: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of the Microcredit Literature
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| 12:00 pm |
Isaiah Andrews, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER A Model of Scientific Communication
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| 1:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Thursday, July 23 | ||||
| 10:00 am |
Patricia Cortés, Boston University and NBER Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore Laura Pilossoph, Duke University and NBER Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors |
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| Moderator: Sandra Black, Columbia University and NBER | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Shalise Ayromloo, U.S. Census Bureau Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER Darren Lubotsky, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER Employment Eligibility Verification Requirements and Local Labor Market Outcomes |
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| Moderator: Leah Boustan, Princeton University and NBER | ||||
| 12:00 pm |
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jörg Heining, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER Simon Trenkle, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), IAB Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany |
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| Moderator: Till von Wachter, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER | ||||
| 1:00 pm | Adjourn | |||