NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2005

Labor Studies Workshop

Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz, Organizers

July 25-29, 2005

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MONDAY July 25:
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	JEFFREY GROGGER, University of Chicago and NBER
	Welfare Reform, Returns to Experience, and Wages: Using Reservation Wages to Account for Sample Selection Bias
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	DAVID AUTOR, MIT and NBER
	SUSAN HOUSEMAN, Upjohn Institute
	Do Temporary Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from Random Assignments
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	THOMAS HOLMES, University of Minnesota and NBER
	Geographic Spillover of Unionism
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	GUY MICHAELS, MIT
	The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill--Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	BETSEY STEVENSON, University of Pennsylvania
	Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports
3:30 pm	PHIL OREOPOULOS, University of Toronto and NBER
	TILL VON WACHTER, Columbia University
	The Permanent and Transitory Effects of Graduating in a Recession: An Analysis of Earnings and Job Mobility Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
4:30 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY JULY 26:
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45am	DANIEL BENJAMIN, Harvard University
	JESSE SHAPIRO, University of Chicago
	Who is "Behavioral"? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	JACOB VIGDOR, Duke University and NBER
	The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence in the American South, 1940-2000
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	ROLAND FRYER, Harvard University and NBER
	LISA KAHN, Harvard University
	STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago and NBER
	Mixed Race Children and the Nature/Nurture Debate
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	JANET CURRIE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	ENRICO MORETTI, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	Biology as Destiny? Short and Long-Run Determinants of Inter-generational Correlations in Birth Weight
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	KEVIN LANG, Boston University and NBER
	HONG KANG, Boston University
	Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
3:30 pm	RAJ CHETTY, UC Berkeley and NBER
	Why Do Unemployment Benefits Raise Unemployment Durations? The Role of Borrowing Constraints and Income Effects
4:30 pm	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY JULY 27:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	CASEY MULLIGAN, University of Chicago and NBER
	YONA RUBENSTEIN, Tel-Aviv University
	Selection, Investment, and Women=s Relative Wages Since 1975
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER
	ANTHONY WEBB, International Longevity Center
	The Chore Wars: Household Bargaining and Leisure Time
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	MARK AGUIAR, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
	ERIK HURST, University of Chicago
	Measuring Leisure: Evidence from Five Decades of Time Use Surveys
12:30 pm	Lunch
	JOINT SESSION WITH CHILDREN
1:30 pm	MICHAEL BAKER, University of Toronto and NBER
	JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER
	KEVIN MILLIGAN, University of British Columbia and NBER
	Universal Child Care, Maternal Labor Supply, and Child Well-Being
2:30 pm	PHILIP OREOPOLOUS, University of Toronto
	MARIANNE PAGE and ANN HUFF STEVENS, UC, Davis and NBER
	The Intergenerational Effects of Unexpected Worker Displacement
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	GORDON DAHL, University of Rochester and NBER
	LANCE LOCHNER, University of Western Ontario and NBER
	The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JULY 28:
	JOINT SESSION WITH EDUCATION
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	JUSTIN MCCRARY and HEATHER ROYER, University of Michigan
	The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth
10:00 am	STEVEN LEHRER, Queen’s University
	The Impact of Health on Academic Performance: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers
11:00 am	Break
11:20 am	THOMAS KANE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	JONAH ROCKOFF, Columbia University
	DOUGLAS STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Teacher Quality and Alternative Teacher Certification
11:55 am	DON BOYD, University of Albany
	PAM GROSSMAN, Stanford University
	HAMP LANKFORD, University at Albany
	SUSANNA LOEB, Stanford University and NBER
	JIM WYCKOFF, University at Albany
	How Reduced Barriers to Entry into Teaching Change the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement: The Case of New York City
12.30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	PHILIPPE AGHION, Harvard University and NBER
	LEAH PLATT BOUSTAN, Harvard University
	CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER
	JEROME VANDENBUSSCHE, Harvard University
	Exploiting States' Mistakes to Identify the Causal Impact of Higher Education on Growth
2:30 pm	PATRICK BAYER, Yale University and NBER
	Choice and Competition in Local Education Markets
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	FRANCISCO MARTORELL, UC, Berkeley
	Do High School Graduation Exams Matter? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
4:45 pm	Adjourn
FRIDAY, JULY 29:
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
	JOINT SESSION WITH PERSONNEL ECONOMICS
8:30 am	Welcome and Introduction, EDWARD P. LAZEAR
8:45 am	NICK BLOOM and JOHN VAN REENEN, London School of Economics
	Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	EDWARD LAZEAR and KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University and NBER
	Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	OLIVIA MITCHELL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	STELLA YANG, University of Pennsylvania
	STEVE UTKUS, Vanguard
	Better Plans for the Better-Paid: Determinants and Effects of 401(k) Plan Design
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	ALEXANDRE MAS, UC, Berkeley
	Pay, Reference Points, and Police Performance
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	PETER MEYER, Bureau of Labor Statistics
	ROBERT D. MOHR, University of New Hampshire
	CINDY ZOGHI, Bureau of Labor Statistics
	Workplace Organization and Innovation
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	TOR ERIKSSON, Aarhus School of Business
	SABRINA TEYSSIER and MARIE-CLAIRE VILLEVAL, University of Lyon
	Does Self-Selection Improve the Efficiency of Tournaments?
4:45 pm	Adjourn
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