SI 2024 Labor Studies
David Autor, Sydnee Caldwell, Andrew Garin, Patrick M. Kline, Thibaut Lamadon, Alexandre Mas, Evan K. Rose, and Melanie Wasserman, Organizers
July 22-25, 2024
Ballroom A
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA, zoom.us
| Monday, July 22 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:30 am |
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER Søren Leth-Petersen, University of Copenhagen Ben Weidmann, Harvard University Economic Decision-Making Skill Predicts Income in Two Countries |
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| 9:15 am |
Garima Sharma, Northwestern University Collusion Among Employers in India |
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:20 am |
Pauline Carry, Princeton University Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Social Preferences, Hostility, and Dismissals: Evidence from Failures of Bilateral Efficiency in “Separations by Mutual Agreement” in France |
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| 11:05 am |
Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University Longevity and Occupational Choice |
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| 11:25 am |
Emil Palikot, Stanford University Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER Effective and Scalable Programs to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions for Women in Technology |
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| 11:45 am |
Anders Humlum, University of Chicago Emilie Vestergaard, University of Copenhagen The Adoption of ChatGPT |
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| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:05 pm |
Benjamin G. Hyman, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Adam Leive, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Wage Insurance for Displaced Workers |
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| 1:50 pm |
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER Pascal J. Noel, University of Chicago and NBER Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER Alex Weinberg, University of Chicago Earnings Instability |
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| 2:35 pm | Break | |||
| 2:55 pm |
Pierre-Loup Beauregard, University of British Columbia Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER Derek Messacar, Memorial University Raffaele Saggio, University of British Columbia and NBER Why Do Union Jobs Pay More? New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data |
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| 3:40 pm |
Benjamin W. Arold, ETH Zurich Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich W. Bentley MacLeod, Princeton University and NBER Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER Do Words Matter? The Value of Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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| 4:25 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 23 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:30 am |
Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER Julia H. Gilman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Does Wage Inequality Affect the Labor Movement? |
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| 9:15 am |
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Ingrid Haegele, LMU Munich Jörg Heining, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Firm Wages and Worker Search |
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:20 am |
David R. Agrawal, University of California, Irvine Elke J. Jahn, University of Bayreuth Eckhard Janeba, University of Mannheim Do Commuting Subsidies Drive Workers to Better Firms? |
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| 11:05 am |
Ihsaan Bassier, London School of Economics Alan Manning, London School of Economics Barbara Petrongolo, University of Oxford Vacancy Duration and Wages |
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| 11:25 am |
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California, Merced Esther Arenas Arroyo, Vienna University of Economics and Business Parag Mahajan, University of Delaware Bernhard Schmidpeter, Vienne University of Economics and Business Low-Wage Jobs, Foreign-Born Workers, and Firm Performance |
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| 11:45 am |
Michael A. Clemens, George Mason University Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers: Evidence From a Randomized Lottery |
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| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:05 pm |
Christian Dustmann, University College London Carl Gergs, University College London Uta Schönberg, University College London The Evolution of the German Wage Distribution Before and After the Great Recession |
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| 1:50 pm |
Alejandro Estefan, University of Notre Dame Roberto Gerhard, Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social, Mexico Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER Illenin O. Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Wei Qian, Haverford College Outsourcing Policy and Worker Outcomes: Causal Evidence from a Mexican Ban |
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| 2:35 pm | Break | |||
| 2:55 pm |
Michael Amior, Hebrew University Jan Stuhler, University Carlos III Immigration, Monopsony and the Distribution of Firm Pay |
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| 3:40 pm |
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Tribal Casinos, Economic Success, and Intergenerational Mobility |
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| 4:25 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Wednesday, July 24 | ||||
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Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame Michael Jensen, University of Notre Dame Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Teaching Teachers To Teach Computer Assisted Learning Effectively: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence |
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| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| Morning joint with Public Economics | ||||
| 8:30 am |
Jack Mountjoy, University of Chicago and NBER Marginal Returns to Public Universities |
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| 9:15 am | Break | |||
| 9:30 am |
Miguel Acosta, University of Wisconsin - Madison Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Macroeconomic Effects of UI Extensions at Short and Long Durations |
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| 10:15 am |
Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER Tatiana Homonoff, New York University and NBER Neel A. Lal, University of Chicago Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER Matt Unrath, University of Southern California Work Requirements and Child Tax Benefits: Evidence from California |
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| 11:20 am |
Eva Vivalt, University of Toronto Alexander W. Bartik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign David E. Broockman, University of California, Berkeley Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER Elizabeth Rhodes, OpenResearch The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States |
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| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |||
| Afternoon joint with Education | ||||
| 1:10 pm |
Dev A. Patel, Harvard University Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital |
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| 2:00 pm |
Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University and NBER Brian D. Johnson, Harvard University Why Does Value-Added Work? Implications of a Dynamic Model of Student Achievement |
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |||
| 3:10 pm |
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame Michael Jensen, University of Notre Dame Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Teaching Teachers To Teach Computer Assisted Learning Effectively: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence |
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| 4:00 pm |
Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900 |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Thursday, July 25 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:40 am |
Manu Navjeevan, University of California at Los Angeles Rodrigo Pinto, University of California at Los Angeles Andres Santos, University of California at Los Angeles Identification and Estimation in a Class of Potential Outcomes Models
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| 9:30 am |
Dalia Ghanem, University of California, Davis Desire Kedagni, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Ismael Mourifié, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Evaluating the Impact of Regulatory Policies on Social Welfare in Difference-in-Difference Settings
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| 10:20 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University Daniel Nevo, Tel Aviv University Itai Walk, Tel Aviv University Bar Weinstein, Tel Aviv University Dan Zeltzer, Tel Aviv University Negative Controls Falsification Tests for Instrumental Variable Designs
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| 11:20 am |
Lihua Lei, Stanford University Brad Ross, Stanford University Estimating Counterfactual Matrix Means with Short Panel Data
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| 12:10 pm | Lunch | |||
| Afternoon joint with Personnel Economics | ||||
| 1:10 pm |
Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics Virginia Minni, University of Chicago Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER Meaning at Work |
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| 1:55 pm |
Richard Audoly, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Manudeep Bhuller, University of Oslo Tore Adam Reiremo, University of Oslo The Pay and Non-Pay Content of Job Ads |
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| 2:40 pm | Adjourn | |||