NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007 |
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Labor Studies Workshop |
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Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz,
Organizers |
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July 23 -27, 2007 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
Grand Ballroom A |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY
JULY 23: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
KERWIN
CHARLES and ERIK HURST, |
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NICK
ROUSSANOV, |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
ROLAND
FRYER, |
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Bias in |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
LEAH
PLATT BOUSTAN, UC, |
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ROBERT
MARGO, |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
JOSEPH
PRICE, |
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JUSTIN
WOLFERS, |
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Racial
Discrimination among NBA Referees |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
EMMA |
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CAROL
PROPPER, |
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JOHN VAN
REENEN, |
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3:30 pm |
JANET CURRIE, |
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STEFANO DELLA VIGNA and ENRICO MORETTI, UC
Berkeley and NBER |
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VIKRAM PANTHANIA, UC, Berkeley |
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The
Effect of Increases in the Supply of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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TUESDAY
JULY 24: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
SERGIO
FIRPO, PUC-Rio |
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NICOLE
FORTIN, |
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THOMAS
LEMIEUX, |
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Decomposing
Wage Distributions using Recentered Influence Function Regressions |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
STEVEN
KAPLAN and JOSHUA RAUH, |
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Wall Street and
Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in Highest Incomes? |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
WOJCIECH
KOPCZUK, |
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EMMANUEL
SAEZ, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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JAE SONG,
Social Security Administration |
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Uncovering
the American Dream: Inequality and Mobility in Social Security Earnings Data
since 1937 |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
RICHARD HORNBECK, MIT |
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MICHAEL GREENSTONE, MIT and NBER |
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ENRICO MORETTI, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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Identifying
Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from 'Million Dollar' Plants |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
JEFFREY
GROGGER, University of Chicago and NBER |
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GORDON HANSON,
UC, San Diego and NBER |
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Income
Maximization and the Sorting of Emigrants across Destinations |
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3:30 pm |
JOSEPH
ALTONJI, Yale University and NBER |
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MARK
ROSENZWEIG, Yale University |
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The Determinants
of Wages of Immigrants in the Home Country and the US |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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WEDNESDAY
JULY 25: |
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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 |
PARAG PATHAK,
Harvard University |
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Lotteries in Student Assignment |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
SEEMA
JAYACHANDRAN, Stanford University and NBER |
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ADRIANA
LLERAS-MUNEY, Princeton University and NBER |
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Life
Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality
Declines |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
DOUGLAS
HARRIS, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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TIMOTHY SASS,
Florida State University |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
CAROLINE
HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER |
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SONALI
MURARKA, |
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The Effects of New York City's
Charter Schools on Student Achievement |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
LEIGH
LINDEN, Columbia University |
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MARIANNE
BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER |
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FELIPE
BARRERA, The World Bank |
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FRANCISCO
PEREZ, Fedesarrollo |
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Designing
Incentives for Education in Secondary School: The Bogota Subsidios Program |
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3:30 pm |
BRIAN
JACOB, University of Michigan and NBER |
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An Examination
of Non-Renewal Policy in the Chicago Public Schools |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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THURSDAY,
JULY 26: |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
MARKUS
MOBIUS, Harvard University and NBER |
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MURIEL
NIEDERLE, Stanford University and NBER |
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PAUL
NIEHAUS, Harvard University |
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TANYA
ROSENBLATT, Wesleyan University |
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Gender
Differences in Incorporating Performance Feedback |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
M.
DANIELE PASERMAN, Hebrew University |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
DAVID
AUTOR, MIT and NBER |
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MARK
DUGGAN, University of Maryland and NBER |
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Distinguishing Income from
Substitution Effects in Disability Insurance: Preliminary Evidence from the
Veterans Disability Compensation Program |
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12:15 pm |
Luncheon in Honor of WALTER OI, University of
Rochester |
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Speakers: |
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STANLEY
ENGERMAN, University of Rochester and NBER |
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RICHARD FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER |
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ERIC HANUSHEK, Stanford University and NBER |
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KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University and NBER |
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1:30 pm |
JOSHUA
ANGRIST, MIT and NBER |
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STACEY CHEN,
SUNY Albany |
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Long Term
Effects of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
JESSE ROTHSTEIN and CECILIA ROUSE, Princeton
University and NBER |
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Constrained After College: Student Loans and Early Career Occupational Choices |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4: 00 pm |
JAMES HABYARIMANA, Georgetown University |
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BEKEZELA MBAKILE, Debswana Diamond Company |
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CRISTIAN POP-ELECHES, Columbia University and NBER |
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HIV/AIDS, ARV Treatment and Worker Absenteeism: Evidence
from a Large African Company |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY,
JULY 27: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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JOINT
SESSION WITH PERSONNEL ECONOMICS |
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8:45 am |
JAMES
REBITZER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER |
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RANDALL CEBUL
and MARK VOTRUBA, Case Western Reserve University |
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RAY
HERSCHMAN, WebMD Health Services |
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LOWELL
TAYLOR, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Job Markets, Insurance Markets and
Investments in Health |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
PIERRE
AZOULAY, MIT and NBER |
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JIALAN
WANG, MIT |
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JOSHUA
GRAFF ZIVIN, Columbia University and NBER |
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Superstar Extinction |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
FEDERICO
CIGNANO and ALFONSO ROSOLIA, Bank of Italy |
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People I Know: Workplace Networks
and Job Search Outcomes |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
STEVEN
KAPLAN, University of Chicago and NBER |
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MARK
KLEBANOV and MORTEN SORENSEN, University of Chicago |
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Which CEO Characteristics and
Abilities Matter? |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
LUIS
GARICANO, University of Chicago and NBER |
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THOMAS
HUBBARD, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Earnings
Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence from U.S. Law Firms |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
ORIANA
BANDIERA, London School of Economics |
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IWAN
BARANKAY, University of Warwick |
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IMRAN
RASUL, University College London |
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Social Incentives: The Causes and
Consequences of Social Networks at the Workplace |
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4:45 pm |
EDWARD
LAZEAR, |
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The
Importance of Academic Labor Economics (or Personnel Economics) in Policy |
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5:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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7/24/07 |
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