NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

NBER Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Macro Perspectives Workshop

Richard Rogerson and Randall Wright, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 22 - 26, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



MONDAY, JULY 22:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM OLIVIER BLANCHARD, MIT and NBER

AUGUSTIN LANDIER, MIT

The Perverse Effects of Partial Labor Market Reform:

Fixed Term Contracts in France



2:00 PM CESAR ALONSO-BORREGO, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

JESUS FERNANDEZ VILLAVERDE, University of Pennsylvania

JOSE GALDON-SANCHEZ, University of Navarra

Evaluating Labor Market Reform:

Evaluating Labor Market Reforms:A General Equilibrium Approach



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER

Employment Levels in the US and Europe:

The Role of the Service Sector



4:15 PM STEVE DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER

MAGNUS HENREKSON, Stockholm School of Economics

Personal Taxes and the Scope for Market Activity



5:15 PM Adjourn



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TUESDAY, JULY 23:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM ED NOSAL and PETER RUPERT, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Life Cycle Wages and Job Changes



2:00 PM KEN BURDETT, University of Pennsylvania

RYOICHI IMAI, Nagoya University

RANDALL WRIGHT, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Unstable Relationships



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM DALE MORTENSEN, Northwestern University

How Are (Danish) Wages Determined?



4:15 PM DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

PHILIPPE AGHION, Harvard University and NBER

FABRIZIO ZILIBOTTI, Stockholm University

Distance to Frontier, Selection and Economic Growth



5:15 PM Adjourn



WEDNESDAY, JULY 24:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM JAMES ALBRECHT and SUSAN VROMAN, Georgetown University

Equilibrium Directed Search with Multiple Applications



2:00 PM BENOIT JULIEN, University of Miami

JOHN KENNES and IAN KING, University of Auckland

The Mortensen Rule and Efficient Coordination Unemployment



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM ALAIN DELACROIX, Purdue University

SOUYONG SHI, Indiana University

Directed Search on the Job and Wage Ladder



4:15 PM EVA NAGYPAL, Stockholm University

Directed Search with Incomplete Information



5:15 PM Adjourn



6:00 PM Clambake

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA



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THURSDAY, JULY 25:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM RAQUEL FERNANDEZ, New York University and NBER

ALESSANDRA FOGLI, New York University

CLAUDIA OLIVETTI, Boston University

Marrying Your Mom:

Preference Transmission and Women's Labor and Education



2:00 PM ANDREAS HORNSTEIN, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

PER KRUSELL, University of Rochester

GIANLUCA VIOLANTE, University College, London

Vintage Capital in a Matching Model:

The Unemployment Inequality Tradeoff



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM GIUSEPPE MOSCARINI, Yale University

Skill and Luck in the Theory of Turnover



4:15 PM ROBERT SHIMER, Princeton University and NBER

Equilibrium Unemployment Fluctuations



5:15 PM Adjourn



FRIDAY, JULY 26:



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM YONGSUNG CHANG, University of Pennsylvania

SUN-BIN KIM, Concordia University

From Individual to Aggregate Labor Supply

2:00 PM ADRIAN MASTERS, University of Essex

Unpleasant Middlemen



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM MARCELO VERACIERTO, Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoOn the Cyclical Behavior of Employment, Unemployment and Labor Force Participation



4:15 PM Adjourn

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