SI 2021 Personnel Economics
Mitchell Hoffman and Kathryn L. Shaw, Organizers
July 28-29, 2021
on Zoom.us
| Wednesday, July 28 | ||
| Format: 35 minutes presentation, 5 minutes Q&A, 5 minutes break | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Linh T. Tô, Boston University The Signaling Role of Parental Leave |
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| Moderator: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER | ||
| 1:45 pm |
Gordon Dahl, University of California, San Diego and NBER Matthew M. Knepper, University of Georgia Why is Workplace Sexual Harassment Underreported?: The Value of Unemployment Amid the Threat of Retaliation |
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| Moderator: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER | ||
| 2:30 pm |
Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago "Drive and Wave": The Response to LAPD Police Reforms After Rampart |
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| Moderator: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER | ||
| 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Braz Camargo, Sao Paulo School of Economics Fabian Lange, McGill University and NBER Elena Pastorino, Stanford University and NBER On the Role of Learning, Human Capital, and Performance Incentives for Wages |
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| Moderator: Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER | ||
| 4:15 pm |
Costas Cavounidis, University of Warwick Vittoria Dicandia, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER Raghav Malhotra, University of Leicester The Evolution of Skill Use Within and Between Jobs |
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| Moderator: Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER | ||
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| Thursday, July 29 | ||
| Format: 30 minutes presentation, 5 minutes Q&A, 5 minutes break | ||
| 10:00 am |
Alessandra Fenizia, George Washington University and NBER Managers and Productivity in the Public Sector |
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| Moderator: Daniele Paserman. Boston University and NBER | ||
| 10:40 am |
Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER Civil Service Reform and Organizational Practices: Evidence from the Pendleton Act |
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| Moderator: Daniele Paserman. Boston University and NBER | ||
| 11:20 am |
Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Erika Deserranno, Northwestern University Philipp M. Kastrau, IDinsight Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector |
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| Moderator: Charles Brown, University of Michigan and NBER | ||
| 12:00 pm |
Johannes Abeler, University of Oxford David B. Huffman, University of Pittsburgh Collin Raymond, Purdue University Incentive Complexity, Bounded Rationality and Eff ort Provision |
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| Moderator: Charles Brown, University of Michigan and NBER | ||
| 12:40 pm | Break | |
| 1:20 pm |
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Ian M. Schmutte, University of Georgia The Dynamics of Referral Hiring and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Brazil |
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| Moderator: Iwan Barankay, University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 2:00 pm |
Miguel Espinosa, Bocconi University Christopher T. Stanton, Harvard University and NBER Worker Skills and Organizational Spillovers: Evidence from Linked Training and Communications Data |
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| Moderator: Iwan Barankay, University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 2:40 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm |
Cagatay Bircan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt Tristan Stahl, Goethe University Frankfurt Knowledge Teams, Careers and Gender |
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| Moderator: Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po | ||
| 3:40 pm |
Alan M. Benson, University of Minnesota Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER "Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap |
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| Moderator: Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po | ||
| 4:20 pm |
Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap |
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| Moderator: Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po | ||
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn followed by a virtual happy hour including brief remarks in honor of Edward Lazear (Stanford memorial service) | |