NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC

LABOR STUDIES PROGRAM MEETING

Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz, Organizers

April 16, 2004

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 15:

6::30 PM Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, APRIL 16:

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM GEORGE BORJAS, Harvard University and NBER

Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM STEVEN J. DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER

MAGNUS HENREKSON, Stockholm School of Economics

Tax Effects on Work Activity, Industry Mix and Shadow Economy Size:

Evidence from Rich-Country Comparisons

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM LAWRENCE KATZ and JEFFREY LIEBMAN, Harvard University and NBER

JEFFREY KLING, Princeton University and NBER

LISA SANBONMATSU, NBER

Moving to Opportunity or Moving to Tranquility?

The Effects of Neighborhoods on Low-Income Household Heads

12:30 PM Lunch

Over, Please!

Labor Studies Program, Page 2:

1:15 PM Discussion of Measuring Employment

PHIL RONES, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Accounting for the Discrepancy Between Household

and Establishment Employment

STEVEN N. BRAUN, Council of Economic Advisors

Reconciling Employment Growth from the CPS and CES

2:45 PM Break

3:00 PM CAROLINE M. HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

Our Favorite Method of Redistribution:

School Spending Equality, Income Equality, and Growth

4:00 PM Adjourn

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