The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Institute of Government and Public Affairs of the University of Illinois
The Affordable Care Act and the Labor Market
March 21, 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Institute of Government and
Public Affairs at the University of Illinois are pleased to host a
conference that brings together recent original research on the impact of
the Affordable Care Act on various aspects of the American labor market,
including effects on labor supply, wages, and job mobility. The conference
will also feature a panel discussion with David Card (Class of 1950
Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the University of
California, Berkeley) and Jonathan Gruber (Professor in the Department of
Economics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Agenda:
8:00am: Continental breakfast and introductions
8:30am to 10am: Session 1
"Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock"
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University
Tal Gross, Columbia University
Matthew Notowidigdo, University of Chicago
"The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor
Supply"
Laura Dague, Texas A&M University
Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University
Lindsey Leininger, University of Illinois at Chicago
10:00am to 10:15am: Break
10:15am to 11:45am: Session 2
"Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Amount and Composition of Labor
Market Activity"
Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago
"The Determinants of Rising Inequality in Health Insurance and Wages"
Rong Hai, University of Chicago
11:45am to 12:45pm: Lunch
12:45pm to 2:15pm: Session 3
"Mandate-Based Health Reform and the Labor Market: Evidence from the
Massachusetts Reform"
Jonathan Kolstad, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Kowalski, Yale University
"Does Health Reform Lead to Increased Job Mobility? Evidence from
Massachusetts"
Bradley Heim, Indiana University
Ithai Lurie, United States Department of Treasury
2:15pm to 2:30pm: Break
2:30pm to 4:00pm: Moderated Panel
David Card, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4pm: Adjourn
Registration & accommodations:
All attendees must pre-register at
http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/events/2014/affordable_care_act.cfm.
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and hotel expenses. A block
of hotel rooms is reserved at the Union League Club of Chicago at a
conference rate of $186 plus a 20 percent surcharge. The Union League Club
is located at 65 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60604 and is a short
walk to the conference venue. To make your hotel reservation, please call
the Union League Club at (312) 427-7800.
Organizing committee
Daniel Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois
Anthony LoSasso, University of Illinois
Darren Lubotsky, University of Illinois
Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Julian Reif, University of Illinois
Questions can be directed to Sandy Schneider at sandy.schneider_at_chi.frb.org
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Robert Kaestner
Professor
Institute of Government and Public Affairs
University of Illinois
312.996.8227
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Associate
National Bureau of Economic Research
Received on Tue Jan 28 2014 - 15:37:12 EST
