Wage Dynamics in the 21st Century Conference

Erik Hurst and Lisa B. Kahn, Organizers

May 20-21, 2021

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 20
 Format: 20 minutes for authors, 20 minutes for discussants
and 10 minutes for general discussion.
10:00 am
Welcome/Objectives:
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
10:10 am
John R. Grigsby, Princeton University and NBER

Skill Heterogeneity and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics
Discussant: Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
11:10 am
Andrea L. Eisfeldt, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Mindy Z. Xiaolan, University of Texas at Austin

Human Capitalists
Discussant: Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER
12:10 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Panel 1: Supply, Demand and Wage Dynamics
Panelists:
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER

Moderator: Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
1:30 pm
Break
1:45 pm
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Clemens Noelke, Boston University
David Weil, Brandeis University

Spillover Effects from Voluntary Employer Minimum Wages
Discussant: John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
2:35 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bledi Taska, SkyHive

Employer Concentration and Outside Options
Discussant: Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University and NBER
3:35 pm
Break
3:50 pm
Panel 2: Market Power in the Labor Market
Panelists:
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California at Berkeley
David Card, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Alan Manning, London School of Economics

Moderator: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, May 21
10:00 am
Sadhika Bagga, University of Rochester

Firm Market Power, Worker Mobility, and Wages in the U.S. Labor Market (slides)
Discussant: Laura Pilossoph, Duke University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
James Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau, retired

Industries, Mega Firms, and Increasing Inequality
Discussant: Ayşegül Şahin, Princeton University and NBER
12:20 pm
Jaime Arellano-Bover, Yale University
Fernando Saltiel, McGill University

Differences in On-the-Job Learning Across Firms
Discussant: Joseph Altonji, Yale University and NBER
1:20 pm
Break
1:30 pm
Panel 3: Macroeconomics and Wage Dynamics
Panelists:
Mary Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (slides)
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Northwestern University and NBER,
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER

Moderator: James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm
Closing:
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:35 pm
Adjourn