NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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Empirical
Personnel Economics Workshop |
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Edward Lazear, Organizer |
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August 5 - 6, 2004 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
5 Cambridge Parkway |
Cambridge, MA |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5: |
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12:00 N |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Introduction, EDWARD
P. LAZEAR and KATHRYN SHAW |
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1:20 p.m. |
BRUNO CONTINI, University of
Turin, Italy |
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ROBERTO LEOMBRUNI, LABORatorio Riccardo
Revelli |
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1:40 p.m. |
LUTZ BELLMAN and HOLGER ALDA, |
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Institute of Employment
Research, Germany |
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Wage Structure and Labor
Mobility in (West) Germany, 1993-2000 TABLES |
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2:00 p.m. |
PER-ANDERS EDIN and BERTIL
HOLMLUND, Uppsala University, Sweden |
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OSKAR NORDSTRÖM SKANS, Institute
for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Sweden |
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Wage
Dispursion Between and Within Plants: Sweden, 1985-2000 |
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2:20 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 p.m. |
PAUL OYER, Stanford University
and NBER |
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2:50 p.m. |
ARNGRIM HUNNES, JARLE MØEN and
KJELL G. SALVANES, |
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Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration |
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3:10 p.m. |
ROOPE UUSITALO, Labour Institute
for Economic Research, Finland |
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JUHANA VARTAINEN, Trade Union
Institute of Economic Research, Sweden |
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Finland: Firm Factors in Wages and Wage Changes |
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3:30 p.m. |
FRANÇOIS RYCX, THIERRY
LALLEMAND, and ROBERT PLASMAN |
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Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Belgium |
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3:50 p.m. |
Break |
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4:00PM |
NIELS WESTERGAARD-NIELSEN and
TOR ERIKSSON, Aarhus School of Business |
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4:20 p.m. |
FRANCIS KRAMARZ and SEBASTIEN
PEREZ-DUARTE, CREST-INSEE |
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4:40 p.m. |
JOHN M. ABOWD, Cornell
University and NBER |
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JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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JULIA LANE, U.S. Census Bureau |
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Wage Structure in the United
States |
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5:00 p.m. |
LARS VILHUBER, Cornell
University |
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Adjusting Imperfect Data:
Overview and Case
Studies |
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5:20 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6: |
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8:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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JOINT SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introduction, EDWARD
P. LAZEAR |
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8:45 a.m. |
ANN BARTEL, Columbia University
and NBER |
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CASEY ICHNIOWSKI, Columbia
University and NBER |
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KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford
University and NBER |
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9:30 a.m. |
Break |
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9:45 a.m. |
JED DeVARO, Cornell University |
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10:30 a.m. |
MICHAEL WALDMAN, Cornell
University |
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SUMAN GHOSH, Florida Atlantic
University |
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Standard Promotion Practices
Versus Up-or-Out Contracts |
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11:15 a.m. |
Break |
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11:45 a.m. |
CANICE PRENDERGAST, University
of Chicago and NBER |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
MORRIS KLEINER, University of
Minnesota and NBER |
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2:15 p.m. |
ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford
University |
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CEO Superstars |
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2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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3:15 p.m. |
MICHAEL GIBBS, University of
Chicago |
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CINDY ZOGHI, Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
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Why Are Jobs Designed the Way
They Are? |
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4:00 p.m. |
ILLOONG KWON, University of
Michigan |
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EVA MEYERSSON MILGROM, Stanford
University |
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4:45 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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5/12/04 |
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