NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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Labor Market Intermediation
Conference |
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David Autor, Organizer |
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May 17 and 18, 2007 |
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NBER |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
Thursday, May 17 |
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8:30 am |
Continental
breakfast |
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Internet Search |
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9:00 am |
Betsey Stevenson, |
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Discussant: Ioana Marinescu, |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
Mauro Labini, IMT |
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Manuel Bagues, University
Carlos III, |
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Discussant: Anne Polivka, Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
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New
Hiring Practices |
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11:15 am |
Alice Nakamura, |
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Kathryn Shaw, |
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Richard Freeman, |
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Discussant: Yannis M. Ioannides, |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
Keith Finlay, UC, |
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Discussant: David Autor, MIT and NBER |
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Unions and Hiring |
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2:15 pm |
Woong Lee, UC, |
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Public Employment Offices and
the Labor Market in the United States between 1890 and 1940. |
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Discussant: Susan Houseman, The Upjohn Institute |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Richard Freeman, |
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Helping Workers Online and Offline: Union and
Nonunion Organizations as Labor Market Intermediaries |
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Discussant: Peter Cappelli, |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner, The
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA |
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Friday, May 18 |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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New Intermediaries |
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9:00 am |
Muriel Niederle, |
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Discussant: Richard Freeman, |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
Morris Kleiner, |
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Richard Todd, Federal
Reserve Bank of |
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Discussant: Alexandre Mas, UC,
Berkeley and NBER |
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Temporary Help Agency Work in |
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11:15 am |
Michael Kvasnicka, |
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Does Temporary Help Work
Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment? |
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Discussant: Elke Jahn, |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
Ana Rute Cardoso, IZA |
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Rene Boeheim, |
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Discussant: Jeffrey Smith, University of Michigan and
NBER |
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Temporary Help Agency Work in the |
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2:15 pm |
Harry J. Holzer, |
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Fredrik Andersson, Bureau of
the Census |
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Temporary Help Agencies and the
Advancement Prospects of Low Earners |
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Discussant: Yukako Ono, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Peter Mueser, |
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Kenneth Troske, |
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Carolyn Heinrich, University
of Wisconsin-Madison |
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TheRole of Temporary
Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement |
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Discussant: Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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