NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Labor Studies Workshop |
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Richard Freeman and Lawrence
Katz, Organizers |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel, Ballroom, West Tower |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY
JULY 21: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
DAVID AUTOR, MIT and NBER |
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DAVID
DORN, MIT |
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Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill
Service Jobs in the United States |
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9:45 am
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Break |
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10:00
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RAJ
CHETTY, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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ADAM
LOONEY, Federal Reserve Board |
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KORY
KROFT, UC Berkeley |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15
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MAIA GUELL, Universitat Pompeu Fabua |
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JOSE V.
RODRIGUEZ MORA, |
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CHRIS
TELMER, |
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Intergenerational
Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
DANIEL
BENJAMIN, |
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JAMES
J. CHOI, |
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A.
JOSHUA STRICKLAND, |
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Break |
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NICOLE FORTIN, University of British Columbia |
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DEVIN POPE, University of Pennsylvania |
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JUSTIN SYDNOR, Case Western University |
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Whats in a Picture: Evidence of Descrimination from
Prosper.com |
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Adjourn |
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TUESDAY
JULY 22: |
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MORNING JOINT SESSION WITH
SOCIAL INSURANCE |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER |
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ERZO
LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER |
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MATTHEW
NOTOWIDIGDO, MIT |
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What Good
is Wealth without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of
Consumption |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00
am |
ALAN
KRUEGER, Princeton University and NBER |
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ANDREAS
MUELLER, Princeton University |
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Job
Search and Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence from Time Use Data |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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BARBARA
PETRONGOLO, London School of Economics |
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The long-term effects of job search requirements:
Evidence from the UK JSA Reform |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
ILYANA
KUZIEMKO, Princeton University and
NBER |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
JOSEPH
ALTONJI, Yale University and NBER |
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PRASHANT
BHARADWAJ and FABIAN LANGE, Yale University |
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Changes
in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes |
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3:30 pm |
KENNETH
CHAY, Brown University and NBER |
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JONATHAN
GURYAN, University of Chicago and NBER |
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BHASKAR
MAZUMDER, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
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Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The
Role of Health Soon after Birth |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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WEDNESDAY
JULY 23 |
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JOINT
SESSION WITH EDUCATION |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
BRUCE
SACERDOTE, Dartmouth and NBER |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00
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CRISTIAN
POP-ELECHES, Columbia University and NBER |
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MIGUEL URQUIOLA, Columbia University and NBER |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15
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SCOTT
E. CARRELL, UC, Davis and NBER |
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MARK L. HOEKSTRA, University of Pittsburgh |
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Externalities
in the Classroom: How Domestic Violence Harms Everyone's Kids |
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Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
LEIGH |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
SANDRA
BLACK, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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PAUL J. DEVEREUX, University College Dublin |
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KJELL G. SALVANES, Norwegian School of Economics |
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Too Young
to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age |
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3:30 pm |
THOMAS
KANE, Harvard University and NBER |
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DOUGLAS STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An
Experimental Evaluation |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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THURSDAY,
JULY 24: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee and
Pastries |
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8:45 am |
MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER |
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REMA HANNA, New York University |
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SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, Harvard University and NBER |
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Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence from
Engineering College Admissions in India |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00
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ERIC
GOULD and OMER MOAV, Hebrew University |
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When is Too
Much Inequality Not Enough? The Selection of Israeli Emigrants |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
DONGGYUN SHIN, Hanyang University |
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GARY
SOLON, |
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Trends in Mens Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel
Study of Income Dynamics Show? |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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AFTERNOON JOINT SESSION WITH
CRIME WORKING GROUP AND LAW AND ECONOMICS |
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BRIAN JACOB, University of Michigan and NBER |
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JENS LUDWIG, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Neighborhood
Effects on Crime |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
ANNA AIZER, Brown University and NBER |
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PEDRO DAL BO, Brown University |
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Love,
Hate, and Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
RADHA IYENGAR, Harvard University and NBER |
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JONATHAN MONTEN, Harvard University |
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Is there an Emboldenment Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency
in Iraq |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner
Celebration to Thank Martin Feldstein for his Service to the NBER |
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FRIDAY,
JULY 25: |
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JOINT
SESSION WITH PERSONNEL ECONOMICS |
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8:15 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
VICTOR
LAVY, Hebrew University and NBER |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00
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NICK
BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER |
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LUIS
GARICANO and RAFAELLA SADUN, London School of Economics |
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JOHN VAN
REENEN, London School of Economics and NBER |
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The distinct effects of information technologies and
communication technologies on firm organization |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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BO
COWGILL, Google |
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JUSTIN
WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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ERIC
ZITZEWITZ, Dartmouth College |
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Using
Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
TOR ERIKSSON, Aarhus
School of Business |
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ANDERS POULSEN, University of East Anglia |
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MARIE-CLAIRE VILLEVAL, University of Lyon |
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Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
JOSH LERNER,
Harvard University and NBER |
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ULRIKE
MALMENDIER, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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With a Little Help from My
(Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School
Entrepreneurship |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
ALEXANDRE
MAS, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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DAVID
LEE, Princeton University and NBER |
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Long-Run
Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999 |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/25/08 |
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