NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Empirical Personnel Economics Workshop

 

Edward Lazear, Organizer

 

August 5 - 6, 2004

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5:

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction, EDWARD P. LAZEAR and KATHRYN SHAW

 

 

 1:20 p.m.

BRUNO CONTINI, University of Turin, Italy

 

ROBERTO LEOMBRUNI, LABORatorio Riccardo Revelli

 

Wage Mobility and Dynamics in Italy, 1993-1998

 

 

 1:40 p.m.

LUTZ BELLMAN and HOLGER ALDA,

 

Institute of Employment Research, Germany

 

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in (West) Germany, 1993-2000    TABLES

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

PER-ANDERS EDIN and BERTIL HOLMLUND, Uppsala University, Sweden

 

OSKAR NORDSTRÖM SKANS, Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Sweden

 

Wage Dispursion Between and Within Plants: Sweden, 1985-2000

 

 

 2:20 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

PAUL OYER, Stanford University and NBER

 

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in Sweden, 1970-1990

 

 

 2:50 p.m.

ARNGRIM HUNNES, JARLE MØEN and KJELL G. SALVANES,

 

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration

 

Wage and Labor Mobility in Norway, 1980-1997

 

 

 3:10 p.m.

ROOPE UUSITALO, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland

 

JUHANA VARTAINEN, Trade Union Institute of Economic Research, Sweden

 

Finland: Firm Factors in Wages and Wage Changes  TABLES  SLIDES

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

FRANÇOIS RYCX, THIERRY LALLEMAND, and ROBERT PLASMAN

 

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

 

Wage Structure and Firm Performance in Belgium

 

 

 3:50 p.m.

Break

 

 

 4:00PM

NIELS WESTERGAARD-NIELSEN and TOR ERIKSSON, Aarhus School of Business

 

Wage and Labor Mobility in Denmark, 1980-2000

 

 

 4:20 p.m.

FRANCIS KRAMARZ and SEBASTIEN PEREZ-DUARTE, CREST-INSEE

 

Wage Structure in France, 1977-1996

 

 

 4:40 p.m.

JOHN M. ABOWD, Cornell University and NBER

 

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

 

JULIA LANE, U.S. Census Bureau

 

Wage Structure in the United States

 

 

 5:00 p.m.

LARS VILHUBER, Cornell University

 

Adjusting Imperfect Data: Overview and Case Studies

 

 

 5:20 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6:

 

 

 8:00 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

JOINT SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES

 

 

 8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction, EDWARD P. LAZEAR

 

 

 8:45 a.m.

ANN BARTEL, Columbia University and NBER

 

CASEY ICHNIOWSKI, Columbia University and NBER

 

KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University and NBER

 

The Strategic Investment in Information Technologies and New Human Resource Practices and Their Effects on Productivity: An "Insider" Econometric Analysis

 

 

 9:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

 9:45 a.m.

JED DeVARO, Cornell University

 

Why Are Promotions Less Likely in Nonprofit Firms?

 

 

10:30 a.m.

MICHAEL WALDMAN, Cornell University

 

SUMAN GHOSH, Florida Atlantic University

 

Standard Promotion Practices Versus Up-or-Out Contracts

 

 

11:15 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:45 a.m.

CANICE PRENDERGAST, University of Chicago and NBER

 

The Motivation and Bias of Bureaucrats

 

 

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

 1:30 p.m.

MORRIS KLEINER, University of Minnesota and NBER

 

Regulating Occupations:

 

The Impact of Licensing on Earnings

 

 

 2:15 p.m.

ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford University

 

CEO Superstars

 

 

 2:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

 3:15 p.m.

MICHAEL GIBBS, University of Chicago

 

CINDY ZOGHI, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?

 

 

 4:00 p.m.

ILLOONG KWON, University of Michigan

 

EVA MEYERSSON MILGROM, Stanford University

 

Cohort Effects Catch-Ups in Wages and Promotions

 

 

 4:45 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/12/04