THURSDAY, MARCH 16:

6:30 PM Dinner

Legal Sea Food

Kendall Square

5 Cambridge Center

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, MARCH 17:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

Morning Session- Joint Meeting of Labor Studies and Productivity Programs

8:30 AM BRUCE A. WEINBERG, Ohio State University and NBER

Which Labor Economists Invested in Human Capital? Geography, Vintage,

and Participation in Scientific Revolutions

9:30 AM Break

9:45 AM DAVID H. AUTOR, MIT and NBER

WILLIAM R. KERR, Harvard University

ADRIANA D. KUGLER, University of Houston and NBER

Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM CAROL CORRADO, Federal Reserver Board

CHARLES HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER

DANIEL SICHEL, Federal Reserve Board

Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

12:00 N Lunch

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Afternoon Program Meeting-Labor Studies Program

1:00 PM JUDITH K. HELLERSTEIN, University of Maryland and NBER

MELINDA SANDLER, University of Maryland

The Changing Impact of Fathers on Women's Occupational Choices

2:00 PM Break

2:15 PM JAMES J. HECKMAN, University of Chicago and NBER

JORA STIXRUD and SERGIO URZUA, University of Chicago

The Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes

and Social Behavior

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM HANH AHEE, Stanford University

ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford Univeristy and NBER

Do Consumers Know Their Willingness to Pay? Evidence from eBay Auctions

4:30 PM Adjourn

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