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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Labor Studies

David Card, Caroline M. Hoxby, Amy Finkelstein, Edward P. Lazear, and Kathryn L. Shaw, Organizers

July 20-24, 2015

Ballroom A
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Monday, July 20
8:30 am	Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and NBER Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore Patricia Cortes, Boston University Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Market Penalty for Skilled Women
9:20 am	Carlos Dobkin, University of California at Santa Cruz and NBER Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Raymond Kluender, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Northwestern University and NBER The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions for Individuals with Health Insurance
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Patrick M. Kline, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Christopher R. Walters, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes: The Case of Head Start
11:20 am	Deborah Goldschmidt, Boston University Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER The Rise of Domestic Outsourcing and the Evolution of the German Wage Structure
12:10 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Roland Fryer, Harvard University and NBER Understanding Potential Bias in Police Shootings
2:05 pm	Ernesto Villanueva, Bank of Spain Luis Miguel Diez Catalan, Universidade de Lisboa Contract Staggering and Unemployment During the Great Recession: Evidence from Spain
2:55 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Joshua K. Montes, Congressional Budget Office Gabriel Ehrlich, Congressional Budget Office Wage Rigidity and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from Administrative Data
4:05 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Xavier L. Jaravel, Harvard University Alexander M. Bell, Harvard University Neviana Petkova, U.S. Treasury The Lifecycle of Inventors
4:55 pm	Adjourn
Tuesday, July 21
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
	Morning Session Joint with Public Economics, Taxation, and Social Insurance
8:30 am	David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Andreas R. Kostol, University of Bergen Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER Disability Benefits, Consumption Insurance, and Family Labor Supply
9:20 am	Alexander M. Gelber, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury Jae Song, Social Security Administration The Effect of Social Security Benefits on Earnings: Novel Evidence from the Social Security Notch
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University Timothy McQuade, Stanford University Who Wants Affordable Housing in their Backyard? An Equilibrium Analysis of Low Income Property Development
11:20	Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Microsoft Ugo Troiano, University of Michigan and NBER Shaming Tax Delinquents: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States
12:10 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Nirupama Kulkarni, University of California at Berkeley Ulrike Malmendier, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Homeownership and the American Dream - An Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility Effects
2:05 pm	Fredrik Andersson, OCC, Department of Treasury John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER Mark J. Kutzbach, U.S. Census Bureau Giordano E. Palloni, University of Maryland Henry Pollakowski, Harvard University Daniel Weinberg, Bureau of the Census Childhood Housing and Adult Earnings: A Between-Siblings Analysis of Housing Vouchers and Public Housing
2:55 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Andrey Fradkin, National Bureau of Economic Research Frederic Panier, Stanford University Ilan Tojerow, Free University of Brussels Blame the Parents? How Financial Incentives Affect Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults
4:15 pm	Michael Amior, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Alan Manning, London School of Economics The Persistence of Local Joblessness
4:55 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 22
8:00 am	Coffee and pastries
	Morning session joint with Education
8:30 am	Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER George Bulman, University of California at Santa Cruz Computing the Value-Added of American Postsecondary Institutions
9:20 am	Karthik Muralidharan, University of California at San Diego and NBER Menno Pradhan, University of Amsterdam Joppe de Ree, World Bank Halsey Rogers, World Bank Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia
10:10 am	Break
10:25 am	Ofer Malamud, University of Chicago and NBER Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University and NBER Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University and NBER Dynamic Complementarities in Human Capital Formation? Family and School Environments
11:15 am	John Papay, Brown University Eric S. Taylor, Stanford University John H. Tyler, Brown University and NBER Mary Laski, Brown University Learning Job Skills from Colleagues at Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment Using Teacher Performance Data
12:05	Lunch
	Afternoon Session Joint with Personnel
1:00 pm	Costas Cavounidis, Boston University Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER Discrimination and Worker Evaluation
2:00 pm	Per Stromberg, Stockholm School of Economics Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics Michael J. Boehm, University of Bonn "Since You're so Rich, You Must be Very Smart": Talent and the Finance Wage Premium
3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Orie Shelef, Stanford University Amy Nguyen-Chyung, University of California at Berkeley Competing for Labor through Contracts: Selection, Matching, Firm Organization and Investments .
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 23
	Morning Session Joint with Children
1:30 pm	Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Peter Hull, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Christopher R. Walters, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Leveraging Lotteries For School Value-added: Testing and Estimation
2:15 pm	Discussion Isaiah Andrews, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussion of: Leveraging Lotteries for Value Added: Bias Reduction vs. Efficiency
2:30 pm	Q&A
2:40 pm	Joseph G. Altonji, Yale University and NBER Richard K. Mansfield, Cornell University NBER Summer Institute Slides - Group Average Observables as Controls for Sorting on Unobservables When Estimating Group Treatment Effects: The Case of School and Neighborhood Effects
3:25 pm	Discussion Gary Chamberlain, Harvard University and NBER Discussion of: Unobservables When Estimating Group Treatment Effects: The Case of School and Neighborhood Effects
3:40 pm	Q&A
3:50 pm	Stephane Bonhomme, University of Chicago Thibaut Lamadon, University College London Elena Manresa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Distributional Framework for Matched Employer-Employee Data
4:35 pm	Discussion Patrick Kline, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Discussion of "A Distributional Framework for Matched Employer Employee Data"
4:50 pm	Q&A
4:55 pm	Adjourn
Friday, July 24
8:00 am	Coffee and pastries
	Morning Session Joint with Crime
8:30 am	Alesha D. Seroczynski, University of Notre Dame William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER Amy Jobst, Thomas N. Frederick Juvenile Justice Center Luke Horvath, University of Notre Dame Giuliana Carozza, University of Notre Dame Reading For Life and Adolescent Re-Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program
9:30 am	Stephen B. Billings, University of North Carolina Charlotte Kevin Schnepel, The University of Sydney Life Unleaded: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead
10:30 am	Ignacio Munyo, Universidad de Montevideo Mart�/span> Rossi, Universidad de San Andres Real Exchange Rate, the Wage Gender Gap and Domestic Violence
11:30 am	Stephen B. Billings, University of North Carolina Charlotte David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks
12:30 pm	Lunch and adjourn