NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Empirical Personnel Economics
Workshop |
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Edward
Lazear, Organizer |
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July
28 and 29, 2005 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM |
THURSDAY,
JULY 28: |
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12:00
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Welcome
and Introduction, EDWARD P. LAZEAR and KATHRYN SHAW |
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1:15 pm |
ANDREA
ICHINO, European University Institute |
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ENRICO
MORETTI, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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Absenteeism, Gender, and Biological Differences |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
DAVID
KAPLAN, ITAM |
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ERIC
VERHOOGEN, |
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Quality Upgrading and Establishment Wage Policies: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
RICHARD
FREEMAN, |
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MORRIS
KLEINER, |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY,
JULY 29: |
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8:00 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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JOINT
SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES |
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8:30 am |
Welcome
and Introduction, EDWARD P. LAZEAR |
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8:45 am |
NICK
BLOOM and JOHN VAN REENEN, |
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Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries |
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9:45 am |
Break |
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10:00
am |
EDWARD
LAZEAR and KATHRYN SHAW, |
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11:00
am |
Break |
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11:15
am |
OLIVIA
MITCHELL, |
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STEVE
UTKUS, |
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TONGXUAN
(STELLA) YANG, |
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Better Plans for the Better-Paid: Determinants and Effects of 401(k) Plan Design |
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12:15
pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
ALEXANDRE
MAS, UC, Berkeley |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
PETER MEYER,
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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ROBERT
D. MOHR, |
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CINDY
ZOGHI, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
TOR
ERIKSSON, |
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SABRINA
TEYSSIER and MARIE-CLAIRE VILLEVAL, |
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4:45
pm |
Adjourn |
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6/15/05 |
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