Friday | Conference Activities • 1/5/2024 |
8 - 10 am | |
1.1 Contractors and Gig Workers: New Evidence from Improved Surveys (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland; Brad Hershbein, Susan N. Houseman and Beth C. Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys
Joelle Abramowitz and Andrew Joung, University of Michigan—Understanding Non-Traditional Work Arrangements in the United States
Rachel M. Brooks Atkins, St. John's University; Quentin Brummet and Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago—Characteristics of Gig Workers in the U.S.: Evidence from the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey | |
1.2 Skills and Career Progression: Topics in Entrepreneurship and High-Skilled Labor Markets (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Elena Simintzi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sheng-Jun Xu, University of Alberta; and Ting Xu, University of Toronto—The Effect of Childcare Access on Women's Careers and Firm Performance
Mary Kaltenberg, Pace University and Ling Zhou, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne—Does Maternity Hold Back "Marie Curies"?
Alina Malkova, Florida Institute of Technology—Knockin' on the Bank's Door: Why is Self-Employment Going Down?
Christos Makridis, Stanford University—The Labor Market Returns of Being An Artist: Evidence from the United States, 2006-2021 | |
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
2.1 Vulnerable Workers, Training, and Employment Outcomes (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Hyejin Ko, Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs and Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—The Impact of Employment Protection Legislation on Firm Training for Non-Regular and Regular Workers
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University and Christine Riordan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Understanding the Role of Transparency in the Job Matching Process for Travel Nurses
Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore; Mathew Uretsky, Portland State University; and Laurie A. Schintler, George Mason University—Career Pathways of High School Career and Technical Education Completers
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Rupa Banerjee, Toronto Metropolitan University—The Long-term Effects of Apprenticeship Training and Certification on Immigrant-native-born Earning Gaps
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University | |
2.2 Social and Economic Outcomes of Occupational Licensing (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Kihwan Bae, West Virginia University; Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota; Connor Norris and Edward J. Timmons, West Virginia University—Exploring the Effects of Occupational Licensing on Wage Inequality in the U.S.
Bobby Chung, University of South Florida; Ben Posmanick and Alex Obie, St. Bonaventure University—Does Licensure Improve Audit Committee Performance?
Maria Koumenta and Mark Williams, Queen Mary University of London—Occupational Licensing and Social Mobility in the U.K.
Yun Taek Oh, University of Michigan and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Influence of Occupational Licensing on Retirement Transitions
Samuel Dodini, Norwegian School of Economics
Ilya Kukaev, Lehigh University
Alicia Plemmons, West Virginia University | |
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm | |
3.1 Older Workers, Job Search, and Retirement (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Edward Nathan Wolff, New York University—Understanding Trends in the Retirement Preparedness of Black and Hispanic Households in the U.S.
Peter Mannino, University of California Los Angeles and Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—Older Workers in the Unemployment Insurance System
Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology and Karen Ellen Richman, University of Notre Dame—The Tangible Value of Informal Support for America's Aging Population
Haobin Fan, Shanghai Academy of Social Science and Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore—City Level, Industry Specialization and Older Migrant Workers in China
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville | |
3.2 Workers' Outside Options and Welfare (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: David Wasser, U.S. Census Bureau—Unemployment Insurance Extensions, Labor Market Concentration, and Match Quality
Samuel Dodini, Katrine Loken and Alexander Willen, Norwegian School of Economics—The Effect of Labor Market Competition on Firms, Workers, and Communities
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—New Evidence on Employee Noncompete, No Poach, and No Hire Agreements in the Franchise Sector | |
Saturday | Conference Activities • 1/6/2024 |
8 ‑ 10 am | |
4.1 Worker Responses to Information about Employers (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Amanda Chuan and Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University—The Value of Pecuniary and Non-pecuniary Job Amenities for Student Workers: Evidence From a Field Experiment
Sofia Bapna, Alan Benson and Russell Funk, University of Minnesota and Joao Sedoc, New York University—Rejection Communication and Women's Job Search Persistence
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania; Evan Starr, University of Maryland; and Aaron J. Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Junjie Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
4.2 Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Kye Lippold, U.S. Department of the Treasury and Beata Luczywek, University of California, San Diego—Estimating Income Effects on Labor Supply Using the Child Tax Credit Expansion for Young Children
Gabrielle Pepin, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University—Not Just for Kids: Child and Dependent Care Credit Benefits for Adult Care
Elizabeth O. Ananat, Barnard College, Columbia University; Jessica Pac, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christopher Wimer, University of Columbia; and Naomi Zewde, University of California, Los Angeles—The Effects of Monthly In-Utero Cash Transfers on Maternal and Infant Health: Evidence from the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit
Jake Schild, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
5.1 New Insights on Family Policy and Female Labor Supply (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Mary Ann Bronson, Georgetown University and Deniz Sanin, University of South Carolina—Optimal Parental Leave Policy Design
Jonathan Borowsky, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Jessica H. Brown, University of South Carolina; Elizabeth E. Davis, University of Minnesota; Chloe Gibbs, Notre Dame; Chris M. Herbst, Arizona State University; Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Erdal Tekin, American University; and Matthew Wiswall, University of Wisconsin - Madison—An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education
Yana Gallen and Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago—Complements to Work? Subsidies, Taxes, and Female Labor Supply
Deniz Sanin, University of South Carolina
Gabrielle Pepin, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | |
5.2 Labor Markets and Healthcare Workforce (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Sara Markowitz, Emory University and NBER; Pablo Estrada and Alexia Witthaus Vine, Emory University—Gender-Based Wage Gaps in Nursing
Cici McNamara and Mayra Pineda-Torres, Georgia Institute of Technology—Medical Residency Subsidies and Provider Supply
Benjamin McMichael, University of Alabama School of Law—The Evolving Healthcare Workforce: Keys to Access to Care
Danny Hughes, Arizona State; Moiz Bhai, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and David Mitchell, Ball State University—Returns to Physician Sub-specialization and Multi-Specialty Practices
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Keither Teltser, Georgia State University | |
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm | |
6.1 Work Environment and Job Amenities (Symposium)—Seguin A
Samuel Dodini, Kjell Salvanes, Alexander Willen and Li (Julia) Zhu, Norwegian School of Economics—The Career Effects of Union Membership
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago and Christopher Erickson, University of California, Los Angeles—The Role of Institutions in Job Teleworkability Before and After the Covid-19 Pandemic
R. Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania and Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Better Labor Market Options Reduce Workplace Injuries
Amanda Chuan, Michigan State University
Alan Benson, University of Minnesota | |
6.2 Health and Labor Markets (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—A Nurse Practitioner a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Ray Miller, Colorado State University; Neha Bairoliya, University of Southern California; and Vegard M. Nygaard, University of Houston—Exercise or Extra Fries? How Behavior Impacts Health over the Life Cycle
Kirsten Cornelson, University of Western Ontario and Boriana Miloucheva, University of Toronto—Does Diversity Increase Trust in Science? Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Through Representation | |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 1/7/2024 |
8 ‑ 10 am | |
7.1 Economic Mobility and Higher Education (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Greg Howard and Russell Weinstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—"Workhorses of Opportunity": Regional Universities Increase Local Social Mobility
Lauren Russell, University of Pennsylvania and Michael Andrews, University of Maryland Baltimore County—Not the Great Equalizer: Local Economic Mobility and Inequality Effects from the Establishment of U.S. Universities
German Reyes and Evan Riehl, Cornell University—Do High-Stakes College Admission Exams Create or Reflect Inequality? Evidence from Brazil
Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
7.2 Early Interventions and Adult Outcomes (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Yang Jiao, Texas A&M University-Texarkana; Xiaozhou Ding, Dickinson College; and Yi Lu, Tsinghua University—Like Mother, Like Child: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Gender Norms
Alex Bell, University of California, Los Angeles and Neviana Petkova, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury—Long-Term Impacts of Mentoring for Disadvantaged Youth
Cauę Dobbin, Georgetown University and Tom Zohar—Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility
Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University
Le Wang, Virginia Tech | |
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
8.1 Hiring Dynamics (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology and Florence Neymotin, Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga College of Business—Recent Patterns of Job-Hopping in the United States
Ashley E. Orr, Carnegie Mellon University—Employer Preferences for Local vs. Non-Local Workers: A Resume Audit
Alex Bell, University of California, Los Angeles; TJ Hedin and Geoff Schnorr, UCLA; and Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—UI Benefit Generosity and Labor Supply and Job Outcomes from 2002-2020: Evidence from California UI Records
Alicia Sasser Modestino, Mindy S. Marks and Hanna Hoover, Northeastern University—Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Examining Barriers to Job Placement in Summer Youth Employment Programs
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | |
8.2 Compensation, Promotion, and Personality (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Kyongji Han, Baylor University; Andrea Kim, Sungkyunkwan University; Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University; and Yongguen Kim, POSCO Research Institute—A Cross-Cultural Study on Employee Stock Ownership Plans: A Human Resource Process Perspective
Christopher Boone, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michael Paz, Cornell University—Peer Group Comparisons and Pay Spillovers in the CEO Labor Market | |
1 ‑ 3 pm | |
9.1 Insurance, Uncertainty, and Health (Symposium)—Crockett A/B
Presenters: Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta and Kevin Milligan, University of British Columbia—Work, Health, and Mortality: The Case of WLEMMAs in the Shale Boom and Bust
Brian Sloboda, Department of Labor and University of Maryland Global Campus—Too Hot to Work. What are the Economic Effects of Rest Breaks on the Labor Productivity of Workers
Sidhya Balakrishnan, Jain Family Institute; Eric Bettinger, Stanford University; Michael S. Kofoed, U.S. Military Academy West Point; Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; and Douglas Webber, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—An Evaluation of Income Share Agreements: The Effect of Education Insurance Framing and the Nature of Adverse Selection | |
9.2 Inequality and Institutions (Symposium)—Crockett C/D
Presenters: Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College and Austin Gill, Analysis Group—Do Unions have a Role to Play in Decreasing Earnings Inequality?
Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research; Siavash Radpour, Stockton University; and Jessica Forden, The New School for Social Research—No Rest for the Weary: Measuring the Changing Distribution of Retirement Wealth
Yuci Chen, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | |
4:45 pm | Meeting Concludes - Thank you for attending! |