NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003
Labor Studies Workshop
Richard Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
July 28 - August 1, 2003
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY
JULY 28:
ECONOMICS
OF DISCRIMINATION, CULTURE, AND RELIGION
8:00
AM Coffee and Pastries
8:30 AM KEVIN LANG,
Boston University and NBER
Education and
Discrimination in the Labor Market
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM ROLAND FRYER, Harvard University and NBER
STEVEN LEVITT,
University of Chicago and NBER
The Causes and Consequences of Distinctly Black Names
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM MARKUS MOBIUS, Harvard University and NBER
TANYA ROSENBLAT,
Wesleyan College
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM AIMEE CHIN,
University of Houston
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM JONATHAN
GRUBER, MIT and NBER
Religious Market Structure,
Religious Participation and Outcomes:
Is Religion Good for
You?
3:15 PM ELI BERMAN,
Rice University and NBER
ARA STEPANYAN, Rice
University
Fertility
and Education in Radical Islamic Sects: Evidence from Asia and Africa
4:15 PM Adjourn
TUESDAY
JULY 29:
BEHAVIORAL
LABOR ECONOMICS
8:00 AM Coffee and
Pastries
8:30 AM ERZO
LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER
Do
People Really Care How Much Their Neighbors Earn? The Effect of Relative
Earnings on Well-Being
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM JONATHAN
GURYAN, University of Chicago and NBER
MELISSA
S. KEARNEY, Wellesley College and NBER
State Lotteries,
Decisions under Uncertainty, and Addiction
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM JOHN BOUND, University of Michigan and NBER
SARAH TURNER, University
of Virginia and NBER
Cohort Crowding: How
Resources Affect Collegiate Attainment
12:00 N Lunch
UNDERSTANDING
THE WAGE STRUCTURE AND WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
1:00 PM JAMES
HECKMAN, University of Chicago and NBER
LANCE
LOCHNER, University of Rochester and NBER
Distinguishing
Between On-the-Job Training and Learning-by-Doing
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM DAVID
BLANCHFLOWER, Dartmouth College and NBER
ALEX BRYSON, Policy
Studies Institute
What
Effect Do Unions Have on Wages Now and Would What Do Unions Do Be Surprised?
3:15 PM THOMAS
LEMIEUX, University of British Columbia and NBER
Composition Effects, Wage Measurement,
and the Growth in Within-Group Wage Inequality
4:15 PM Adjourn
WEDNESDAY
JULY 30:
FACTOR
MOBILITY AND THE LABOR MARKET
8:30 AM Coffee and
Pastries
9:00 AM GEORGE
BORJAS, Harvard University and NBER
The
Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping:
Reexamining
the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM MADELINE ZAVODNY, Occidental College
PIA ORRENIUS, Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas
Does
Immigration Affect Wages? A Look at Occupation-Level Evidence
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM MICHAEL GREENSTONE, University of Chicago and NBER
ENRICO MORETTI, UC, Los
Angeles and NBER
Bidding for Industrial Plants:
Does Winning a Million
Dollar Plant' Increase Welfare?
12:30 PM Lunch
JOINT
SESSION WITH THE CHILDRENS GROUP
1:30 PM PHILIP
OREOPOLOUS, University of Toronto
Do Dropouts Drop Out
Too Soon?
Evidence from Changes in
School-Leaving Laws
2:30 PM JEFFREY
KLING, Princeton University and NBER
JEFFREY LIEBMAN, Harvard
University and NBER
The
Effect of High Poverty Neighborhoods on Child and Youth
Human Capital
Accumulation
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM PATRICK
BAYER, Yale University
Building Criminal
Capital Behind Bars: Social Learning in Juvenile Corrections
5:00 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Clambake,
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY,
JULY 31:
JOINT
SESSION WITH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
8:00 AM Coffee and
Pastries
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM GREG DUNCAN,
Northwestern University
JOHANNE
BOISJOLY, University of Quebec
DAN
LEVY, Mathematica
MICHAEL
KREMER, Harvard University and NBER
JACQUE
ECCLES, University of Michigan
10:00 AM ERIC GOULD, VICTOR
LAVY, DANIELE PASERMAN, Hebrew University
11:00 AM Break
11:30 PM BRIDGET LONG,
Harvard University and NBER
ERIC
BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER
The
Effects of Adjunct Professors on Student Outcomes
12:30 N Lunch
1:30 PM THOMAS KANE,
UC, Los Angeles and NBER
STEPHANIE
RIEGG, UC, Los Angeles
DOUGLAS STAIGER,
Dartmouth College and NBER
Changing
School Accountability Ratings and Housing Values
2:30 PM JANET
CURRIE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
MATTHEW
NEIDELL, University of Chicago
Getting Inside the
Black Box of Head Start Quality:
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM JOSHUA
ANGRIST, MIT and NBER
JONATHAN GURYAN,
University of Chicago and NBER
Does
Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality?
Evidence from State
Certification Requirements
5:00 PM Adjourn
FRIDAY
AUGUST 1:
JOINT
SESSION WITH EMPIRICAL PERSONNEL ECONOMICS
8:00 AM Coffee and
Pastries
8:30 AM BRUCE FALLICK and CHARLES FLEISCHMAN,
Federal Reserve Board
JAMES REBITZER, Case
Western Reserve University and NBER
Inter-Firm
Mobility, Knowledge Spillovers, and Innovation in High Tech Clusters
9:15 AM Break
9:30 AM EDWARD
LAZEAR, Stanford University and NBER
Firm-Specific Human
Capital: A Skill-Weights Approach
10:15 AM GEORGE BAKER and
NANCY BEAULIEU, Harvard University and NBER
Wage
Policies and Investments in Firm-Specific Human Capital
11:00 AM Break
11:30 AM SIMON WOODCOCK, Bureau of the Census
Agent
Heterogeneity and Learning: An Application to Labor Markets
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM JOHN ABOWD,
Cornell University and NBER
PAUL
LENGERMANN, Federal Reserve Board
KEVIN
McKINNEY, Bureau of the Census
The
Measurement of Human Capital in the US Economy
2:00 PM JED DEVARO,
Cornell University
Internal
Promotion Competitions in Firms
2:45 PM Break
3:15 PM DAVID AUTOR,
MIT and NBER
Weeding
out the Bad Apples? Screening for
Hourly Wage Jobs
4:00 PM MICHAEL
GIBBS and KATHRYN IERULLI, University of Chicago
EVA
MEYERSSON MILGROM, Stanford University
Title
T.B.D.
4:45 PM Adjourn