The Work-From-Home Shock to Labor Markets
Richard B. Freeman and Ina Ganguli, Organizers
November 3-4, 2023
Scheme: 20 minutes for paper presentation followed by 10 each/discussant & general discussion (10-20 min)
| Friday, November 3 | ||
| 8:15 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45 am | Introductions and Welcome | |
| 8:49 am | Response to explosive growth of WFH in research papers and govt statistics | |
| 8:50 am |
Qingnan Xie, Harvard University WFH to the Center of Labor Market Analysis |
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| 9:10 am |
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics Emy Sok, Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Measurement of Telework During and Shortly After the Pandemic -- An On-the-Ground Perspective of How it Happened |
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| 9:30 am |
Discussants (8-10 each) and comments (10): Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER (Xie) Erica L. Groshen, Cornell University (Polivka, et al) |
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| 9:49 am | WFH shocks to Labor Market: US, Sweden, China | |
| 10:00 am |
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER Michael J. Handel, Northeastern University Gabriel D. Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Working-From-Home to the Rescue? WFH in the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession and Recovery |
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| 10:20 am |
Adam Gill, Uppsala University Lena E. Hensvik, Uppsala University Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University Work from Home, Eat near Home? The Reshaping Geography of Local Service Firms |
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| 10:40 am |
Wei Huang, Renmin University Qingnan Xie, Harvard University WFH in the Pandemic and Its Aftermath: Renmin Employer-employee Survey and Case studies |
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| 11:00 am |
Discussant and comments Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University and NBER (Freeman et al) Michael J. Handel, Northeastern University (Gill et al) Shule Yu, Fudan University (Huang et al) |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch, Longfellow Room A | |
| Workers Supply and Firm Demand | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Christos Makridis, Stanford University Jason Schloetzer, Georgetown University From Crisis to Norm: How Remote Work Patterns and Employee Engagement Have Transformed Across Occupations and Industries |
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| 1:20 pm |
E. Glen Dutcher, Ohio University Krista Saral, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Remote Work and Team Productivity |
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| 1:40 pm |
Discussant and comments Marit Rehavi, University of British Columbia (Makridis et al) Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard University (Dutcher et al) |
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| 2:10 pm | Break | |
| 2:29 pm | Establishment and Firm Evidence | |
| 2:30 pm |
Huanan Xu, Indiana University South Bend Douglas L. Kruse, Rutgers University and NBER Joseph R. Blasi, Rutgers University Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER Effect of Employee Ownership on Work-From-Home and Employment Response to Covid-19 Shock |
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| 2:50 pm |
Jörn Boehnke, University of California, Davis Job Posting for Working from Home |
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| 3:10 pm |
Alan P. Kwan, Hong Kong University Ben Matthies, University of Notre Dame Alexander Yuskavage, Department of the Treasury Measuring the Impact of Remote [Knowledge] Work Using Big Data |
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| 3:30 pm |
Discussants and comments Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College (Xu) Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Boehnke) Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University (Kwon et al) |
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| 4:20 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |
| Saturday, November 4 | ||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| Technology, Health and Telemedicine | ||
| 9:00 am |
Aleksandra Przegalinska, Kozminski University Working from Home: Working By Self vs With AI Assistant |
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| 9:20 am |
Gabriel D. Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Preferences for Remote Work and Workplace Health Precautions: Results from Two Survey Experiments |
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| 9:40 am |
Robert Longyear, Wanderly Characterizing the Travel Nurse Market During Covid-19: A Tale of Two Markets for Interchangeable Labor |
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| 10:00 am |
Discussants and comments Jörn Boehnke, University of California, Davis (Przegalinska) Krista Saral, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Lewis) Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER (Longyear) |
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| 11:00 am |
WFH and Remote Work in Telemedicine Panel Susan Landis, Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP), Executive Director Christopher Nielsen. National Nurses United, Education Director Ty Rorick, Duke Clinical Clinical Research institute, Head of Research Operations |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch and Adjourn | |