NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Universities Research Conference

The Economics of High-Skill Labor Markets

December 14-15, 2007

Marianne Bertrand and Paul Oyer, Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007:

7:45 am Shuttle Vans Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am DAN ELFENBEIN, Washington University in St. Louis

Entrepreneurial Spawning Among Scientists and Engineers: Stars, Slugs, and Small Firms

Discussant: JULIE BERRY CULLEN, UC San Diego and NBER

9:30 am ANDREW HUSSEY, University of Memphis

Compensating Differentials, Tournaments, and the Market for MBAs

Discussant: SCOTT SCHAEFER, University of Utah

10:30 am Break

10:45 am RADHA IYENGAR, Harvard University and NBER

An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel

Discussant: DAVID ABRAMS, University of Chicago

11:45 am DONNA GINTHER, University of Kansas

SHULAMIT KAHN, Boston University

Gender Differences in Academic Mobility in the Sciences and Social Sciences

Discussant: JON GURYAN, University of Chicago and NBER

12:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm JEFFREY LIN, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Innovation, Cities and New Work

Discussant: DAVID AUTOR, MIT and NBER

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm PETER CAPPELLI, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

MONIKA HAMORI, Instituto de Empresa

Executive Job Search (not available for download)

Discussant: RAKESH KHURANA, Harvard University

4:00 pm TILL VON WACHTER, Columbia University and NBER

The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession: Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates

Discussant: HENRY FARBER, Princeton University and NBER

5:00 pm Adjourn

5:15 pm Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

5:30 pm Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

6:00 pm Reception and Group Dinner

Skyline Rooms at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007:

8:00 am Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:15 am Shuttle Vans Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am KAREN SELODY, UC Berkeley

Employer Learning and the Gender Pay Gap for Top Executives (not available for download)

Discussant: KEVIN HALLOCK, Cornell University and NBER

10:00 am Break

10:15 am MIKE MAZZEO, Northwestern University

Implicit Performance Awards: An Empirical Analysis of the Labor Market for Public School Administrators

Discussant: KEVIN LANG, Boston University and NBER

11:15 am AMITAY ALTER, Stanford University

Estimating the Return to Organizational Form in the California Venture Capital Industry

Discussant: ULRIKE MALMENDIER, UC, Berkeley and NBER

12:15 pm Adjourn

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