SI 2021 Labor Studies

David Autor, Patrick M. Kline, Alexandre Mas, Conrad Miller, Isaac Sorkin, Heather Sarsons, and Simon Jäger, Organizers

July 26-29, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 26
11:00 am

The Misallocation of Women’s Talent Across Countries (slides)
Discussant: Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 pm

Private Equity and Pay Gaps Inside the Firm
Discussant: Sabrina T. Howell, Harvard University and NBER
1:00 pm

Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration
Discussant: Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:00 pm

Systemic Discrimination Among Large U.S. Employers (slides)
Discussant: Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
3:00 pm

Collective Bargaining, Wage Floors, and the Racial Earnings Gap (slides)
Discussant: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 27
11:00 am

New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940-2018 (slides)
Discussant: David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm

Firm-level Technological Change and Skill Demand
Discussant: Daniel Haanwinckel, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:00 pm

Fostering Soft Skills in Active Labor Market Programs: Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT
Discussant: John Eric Humphries, Yale University and NBER
2:00 pm

Wage Differentials and the Distribution of Job Amenity Values
Discussant: Alex Imas, University of Chicago and NBER
3:00 pm

Willingness to Pay for Workplace Safety
Discussant: Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 28
11:00 am

How Americans Respond to Idiosyncratic and Exogenous Changes in Household Wealth and Unearned Income
Discussant: Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 pm

Disparate Impacts of Job Loss by Parental Income and Implications for Intergenerational Mobility
Discussant: Andreas R. Kostøl, BI Norwegian Business School
1:00 pm

Worker Beliefs about Rents and Outside Options
Discussant: Alan Manning, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2:00 pm

The Labor Market Effects of Expanding Overtime Coverage
Discussant: Stephen J. Trejo, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
3:00 pm

Firms and Unemployment Insurance Take-Up (slides)
Discussant: Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 29
Methods Session in Labor Studies
12:00 pm

Non-Random Exposure to Exogenous Shocks: Theory and Applications (slides)
Discussant: Michal Kolesár, Princeton University
1:00 pm

(When) should you adjust Inferences for Multiple Hypothesis Testing?
Discussant: Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm

Better Lee Bounds (slides)
Discussant: Isaiah Andrews, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:00 pm

A Design-Based Perspective on Synthetic Control Methods (slides)
Discussant: Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
4:00 pm
Adjourn