NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Universities Research Conference
Labor in the Global Economy
May 11-12, 2001
Richard Freeman, Organizer
Eli Berman and Morris M. Kleiner, Moderators
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 11:
8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
SESSION 1: IMPACTS OF GLOBALISATION ON THE U.S.
9:00 AM ANDREW BERNARD, Dartmouth College and NBER
J. BRADFORD JENSEN, Univeristy of Maryland
PETER SCHOTT, Yale University
Factor Price Equality and the Economies of the United States
DISCUSSANT: ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER
10:00 AM DAE-IL KIM, Seoul National University
PETER MIESZKOWSKI, Rice University
The Effects of International Trade on Wage Inequality in the U.S.
DISCUSSANT: BERNARDO S. BLUM, UCLA
DISCUSSANT: ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM LINDA GOLDBERG and JOSEPH TRACY,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER
DISCUSSANT: LORI KLETZER, UC Santa Cruz and IIE
12:15 PM Lunch
SESSION 2: IMPACTS OF GLOBALISATION ON OTHER COUNTRIES
1:15 PM JAMES SMITH and DUNCAN THOMAS, RAND
Wages, Employment and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Indonesia
DISCUSSANT: DAVID E. BLOOM, Harvard University and NBER
DISCUSSANT: JOHN R. HARRIS, Boston University
2:15 PM BELTON FLEISHER and XIAOJUN WANG, Ohio State University
Skill Differentials, Return to Schooling, and Market Segmentation
in a Transition Economy: The Case of Mainland China
DISCUSSANT: GARY H. JEFFERSON, Brandeis University
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM CHANG-TAI HSIEH, Princeton University
KEONG WOO, KPMG
The Impact of Outsourcing to China on Hong Kong's Labor Market
DISCUSSANT: JEFFREY H. BERGSTRAND, University of Notre Dame
4:30 PM JU-HO LEE, Korea Development Institute
YOUNG-KYU MOH, Ohio State University
DAE-IL KIM, Seoul National University
Do Unions Inhibit Labor Flexibility? Lessons from Korea
DISCUSSANT: DAVID L. LINDAUER, Wellesley College
5:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Reception and Group Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel
SATURDAY, MAY 12:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
SESSION 3: CROSS COUNTRY INSTITUTIONS AND OUTCOMES
9:00 AM ANDREW WARNER, Harvard University
International Wage Determination and Globalization
DISCUSSANT: MALCOLM COHEN, University of Michigan
DISCUSSANT: PETER GOTTSCHALK, Boston College
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM GARY FIELDS, PAUL CICHELLO and SAMUEL FRIEJE, Cornell University
MARTA MENENDEZ, DELTA
DAVID NEWHOUSE, Cornell University
Household Income Dynamics: A Four Country Story
DISCUSSANT: PETER GOTTSCHALK, Boston College
DISCUSSANT: JOHN R. HARRIS, Boston University
11:15 AM MORRIS KLEINER, University of Minnesota and NBER
HWIKWON HAM, University of Minnesota
Do Industrial Relations Affect Economic Efficiency?:
International and U.S. State-level Evidence
DISCUSSANT: TAKAO KATO, Colgate University
12:15 PM Adjourn
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