Friday | Conference Activities • 1/3/2020 |
7 - 8 am | Panelists: Ellora Derenoncourt, University of California Berkeley—Spillovers from Recent Employer Minimum Wage Increases
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University—Solving Collective Action Problems in Unions with Data and Experiments
Kate Bahn, The Washington Center for Equitable Growth—Racial and Gender Discrimination Influence on Monopsony/ Unions as Offset to Monopsony Power |
8:00 AM ‑ 10:00 AM | |
1.1 LERA Breakfast Session: Broadening the Minimum Wage Debate Beyond Employment (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Lindsey Bullinger, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kerri Raissian, University of Connecticut; and Will Schneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Does the Minimum Wage Affect Child Maltreatment and Parenting Behaviors? A City-level Analysis
William H. Dow, Anna Godoey, Christopher Lowenstein and Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley—Can Economic Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair?
Daniel Cooper and Maria Luengo-Prada, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Jonathan Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Local Aggregate Effects of Minimum Wage Increases
Anne Case, Princeton University
Josh Bivens, Economic Policy Institute | |
1.2 LERA Breakfast Session: The Status of Older Workers and the Older Worker Labor Market (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute—Racial, Gender, and Educational Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes at Older Ages
Daniela Hochfellner, New York University; Peter Berg, Michigan State University; Mary Hamman, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Marissa Eckrote, Michigan State University; and Matthew Piszczek, Wayne State University—Pension Reforms and Their Implications for Establishment Survivals
Aida Farmand, New School for Social Research and Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research—Why American Older Workers Have Lost Bargaining Power
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland
Siavash Radpour, New School for Social Research | |
10:15 AM ‑ 12:15 PM | |
2.1 The Growth of Alternative Work Arrangements: Measurements and Implications (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Michael Papadopoulos, New School for Social Research—Reservation Wages and Nontraditional Work
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland; Brad Hershbein and Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Contract Work and Labor Force Participation at Older Ages
Matthew Rutledge, Boston College—Are More Older Workers Moving to Non-Traditional Jobs as Globalization and Automation Spread?
Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University | |
12:30 ‑ 2:15 PM | |
3.1 Worker Participation in the 21st Century (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Liwen Chen, East China Normal University; Zhongxing Su, Renmin University of China; and Guanghua Wang, Clemson University—Pie-Growing or Pie-Sharing? The Role of China's Democratic Management on Wages, Benefits and Productivity
Mahreen Khan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Are Worker Management Committees Improving Factory Conditions? A Study of Participation Committees in ILO's Better Work Factories
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University; William Kimball and Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—What Forms of Representation do American Workers Want? Understanding How Workers Think About Labor Organization
Simon Jaeger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley; and Joerg Heining, IAB - Institute for Employment Research of the Federal Employment Agency (Germany)—Labor in the Boardroom
David Madland, Center for American Progress
Paulino Teixeira, University of Coimbra | |
2:30 PM ‑ 4:30 PM | |
4.1 Discussion Panel: Making Global Markets Work for American Workers (Symposium)—Harbor E
Kimberly Clausing, Reed College—Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital | |
4.2 Impact of Early and Post-secondary Education Policies on Entry and Outcomes (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Tingting Zhang, Merrimack College and Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto—The Impact of Full-Day Kindergarten on Maternal Labor Supply and Welfare Transfers: New Evidence from Tax Records
Jean-William P. Laliberté, University of Calgary; Mitra Akhtari, AirBnB; and Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles—Affirmative Action and Student Effort
Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University | |
Saturday | Conference Activities • 1/4/2020 |
8:00 AM ‑ 10:00 AM | |
5.1 LERA Breakfast Session: Gender and Careers (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Patricia Cortes, Boston University; Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore; and Basit Zafar, Arizona State University—Information Provision and Gender Differences in Negotiation: Evidence from Business Majors
Yukiko Asai and Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago—Temporary Work Contracts and Female Labor Market Outcomes
Anders Frederiksen, Aarhus University; Takao Kato, Colgate University; and Nina Smith, Aarhus University—Working Hours and the Gender Gap in Career Success: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Colleen F. Manchester, Myles Shaver and Alan Benson, University of Minnesota—Marrying for Love or Mobility? Dual-Career Couples and High-Risk Job Opportunities
Dora Gicheva, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | |
5.2 LERA Breakfast Session: Wage Structure, Covenants Not to Compete, and Nonwage Benefits (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University and Sydnee Caldwell, Microsoft Research—Outside Options in the Labor Market
Michael Carr, Randy Albelda and Emily Wiemers, University of Massachusetts-Boston—The Long-Run Impact of Temporary Disability Insurance on Social Security Disability Insurance Claims (SSDI) In the United States
Natarajan Balasubramanian, Syracuse University; Jin Woo Chang, University of Michigan; , University of California, Los Angeles; Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan; and Evan Starr, University of Maryland—Locked In? The Enforceability of Covenants Not to Compete and the Careers of High-Tech Workers
Hye Jin Rho, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University | |
10:15 AM ‑ 12:15 PM | |
6.1 Intersectionality of Labor Rights and Gender Inequality (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Chloe Touzet and Sandrine Cazes, OECD—Labor Union Representation of Women in Non-Standard Forms of Work: The Intersection of Gender and Worker Voice Across Advanced Economies
Ellisa Braunstein, Colorado State University and Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont—Gender Job Segregation, Labor Regulation and the Labor Share of Income
Eric Hoyt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst—Wrongful Discharge, Union Representation and Women's Wages: A Cross-State Analysis | |
6.2 Short-Time Work Arrangements: Recent Developments and Policy Implications (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Anne Polivka, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—The Effect of Structural and Cyclical Changes on Trends Across Time in the Number of Workers in Contingent and Alternative Work Arrangements
Robert Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco—Involuntary Part-Time Work and the Gig Economy: Boon or Bane?
James R. Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau; Katharine G. Abraham, John C. Haltiwanger and Claire Hou, University of Maryland; and Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau—Reconciling Survey and Administrative Measures of Self-Employment
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Eleanor Jawon Choi, Hanyang University | |
2:30 PM ‑ 4:30 PM | |
7.1 Green New Deal: Labor Market Policies for Sustainability and Equity (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Clair Brown, University of California, Berkeley—Sustainable Shared-Prosperity Policy Index: How Nations Create a Sustainable, Prosperous, Equitable Economy
Jisung Park and Nora Pankratz, University of California, Los Angeles and Patrick Behrer, Harvard University—Labor Market Frictions and Adaptation to Climate Change
Carol Zabin, University of California, Berkeley—Legislatively Mandated Analysis on How to Support Workers and Improve Job Quality and Job Access--Including Workers and Good Jobs in Climate Policy--Lessons from California
Basav Sen, Institute for Policy Studies—Just and Equitable Transition to a Clean Energy Future: Transformative Potential Exists, But So Do Challenges
Gordon McCord, University of California, San Diego | |
7.2 Labor Force, Productivity, and Mobility (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Didem Tuzemen, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City—Disappearing Routine Jobs and Declining Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
Hye Jin Rho, Center for Economic and Policy Research and Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—How Skill Demands Affect Time-to-Hire: Evidence from Applicant Tracking Data
Shulamit Kahn, Boston University; Alicia Sasser Modestino, Northeastern University; and Yeseul Hyun, Boston University—The Structural Decline in Job Turnover since 2000: Disequilibrium or New Normal?
Evan Starr, University of Maryland
Michael Carr, University of Massachusetts-Boston | |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 1/5/2020 |
8:00 AM ‑ 10:00 AM | |
8.1 Labor Market Power (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: David Berger, Duke University; Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota; and Simon Mongey, University of Chicago—Labor Market Power
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; and Chen Yeh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Concentration in U.S. Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Vacancy and Employment Data
Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota and Yue Qiu, Temple University—Labor-Market Concentration and Labor Compensation
Matthew Dey and Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—Which Occupations are Most Affected by Labor Market Power
Ioana Elena Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania | |
8.2 Teacher Labor Markets and Student Achievement (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Quentin Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago and Emily K. Penner, University of California, Irvine—After School: An Examination of the Career Paths and Earnings of Former Teachers
Carycruz Bueno, Brown University and Tim R. Sass, Georgia State University—The Effects of Differential Pay on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Jing Liu, Brown University; Monica Lee, Stanford University; and Seth Gershenson, American University—The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Secondary School Absences
Dania V. Francis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Elizabeth O. Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines and Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Duke University—The Effects of Localized Mass Layoffs on Academic Achievement Gaps
Brian Stacy, World Bank | |
10:15 AM ‑ 12:15 PM | |
9.1 Evolution and Growth of Occupational Regulation (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Jason Hicks, Andrew Karch and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—The Origins and Evolution of Occupational Licensing in the U.S.
Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Hohenheim and Kurt Schmidheiny, University of Basel—Freedom of Movement, Taxation and Job Mobility in Europe
Maria Koumenta, Queen Mary University of London; Mario Pagliero, University of Torino; and Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of Hohenheim—Occupational Licensing and Female Labour Market Outcomes
Ilya Kukaev, Saint Francis University; Robert J. Thornton, Lehigh University; Edward J. Timmons, Saint Francis University; and Pavel Baryshnikov, Saratov State Law Academy—Occupational Regulation in Russia
Ryan Nunn, Brookings Institution
Maury Gittleman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Victoria M. Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau | |
9.2 Worker Skills, Abilities and Labor Market Returns: Improving Measurement, Identification and Policy Responses (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: John Eric Humphries, Yale University—College Major Choice: Sorting and Differential Returns to Skills
Matthew Dey and Mark Loewenstein, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—On Job Requirements, Skill, and Wages
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Skills and Hiring Frictions in the IT Industry: Evidence from a National Survey
Carolyn Heinrich, Vanderbilt University and Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Worker Hard and Soft Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: A Lens through the Temporary Help Industry over the Business Cycle | |
1:00 PM ‑ 3:00 PM | |
10.1 Causes and Consequences of Performance Pay (Symposium)—Harbor F
Presenters: Jed DeVaro, California State University, East Bay and John Pencavel, Stanford University—Working Hours, Health and Absenteeism, and Performance Pay
Susan R. Helper, Case Western Reserve University; Morris M. Kleiner and Yingchun Wang, University of Minnesota—Analyzing Compensation Methods in Modern Manufacturing: Moving from Piece Rates to Time Rates or Gain-Sharing
Benjamin Artz, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Colin P. Green, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; and John S. Heywood, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee—Does Performance Pay Increase Alcohol and Drug Use? | |
10.2 Using Online Job Vacancy Data to Study Labor Market Dynamics (Symposium)—Harbor E
Presenters: Susan Vroman and Jim Albrecht, Georgetown University and Bruno Decreuse, Aix-Marseille University—Directed Search with Phantom Vacancies
Steven J. Davis, University of Chicago and Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, University of California, Santa Cruz—Application Flows
Mary Burke, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Alicia Sasser Modestino and Rachel Sederberg, Northeastern University; and Bledi Taska, Burning Glass Technologies—No Longer Qualified? Changes in the Supply and Demand for Skills within Occupations
Jim Albrecht, Georgetown University |