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Sunday | Conference Activities • 1/3/2027 | ||
| 8 - 10 am | |||
1.1 Augmenting, Not Eliminating, Work: Artificial Intelligence, Labor Markets, and Corporate Governance in the Age of Automation (Symposium) Presenters: Areerat Kichkha*, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service—Impacts of Augmentation AI on the Labor Market and the Role of Lifelong Learning Brian Sloboda*, Department of Labor and University of Maryland Global Campus; and Fiona Sussan, Toyo University, Japan—Why AI Has Not (Yet) Destroyed Jobs: Evidence from Firm Level Adoption Martin Gelter, Fordham University School of Law; and Julia Puaschunder*, International University of Monaco—The Political Economy of Corporate Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Case for a Universal Individual Account (UIA) Nancy Nzom*, Regent University, Virginia—Algorithmic Management and Labour Regulation: Governing Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace in Emerging Economies Discussants: Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Steven Payson, Johns Hopkins University; and Rolando Santos, John Carroll University | |||
Presenters: Darwyyn Deyo*, San Jose State University; and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Unlocked Potential: Labor Market Evidence from Collateral Consequences for Occupational Licensing Kihwan Bae* and Liam Sigaud, West Virginia University—Nurse Practitioner Autonomy and Hospital Staffing: The Role of Physician Scarcity Hugh Cassidy* and Benjamin Schwab, Kansas State University—Occupational Licensing as a Margin of Native Worker Adjustment to Immigration Tingting Zhang*, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—The Long-Term Economic Impacts of Apprenticeship Completion vs. Trade Qualification | |||
| 10:15 am - 12:15 pm | |||
2.1 Aging, Care, and Disability (Symposium) Presenters: Enrique Lopezlira*, University of California, Berkeley—Low-Wage Older Workers in the U.S. Labor Market: Employment Constraints and Barriers to Mobility Marian Melnyk* and Lilia Maliar, CUNY Graduate Center—Work from Home and Disability Employment: Not All Barriers Are Equal Ting Zhang*, University of Baltimore; and Laurie A. Schintler, George Mason University—AI, Skill Obsolescence, and the Labor Market Risks Facing Older Workers Regina Pana-Cryan* and Abay Asfaw, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Work arrangement and worker well-being post-pandemic | |||
2.2 Worker Perspectives: Stuck in Struggle (Symposium) Presenters: Sarah Miller*, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; and Merissa Piazza, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—Worker Voices Project Overview Kristen E. Broady*, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago—The U.S. Labor Market: Changes in Conditions from Post-Pandemic to Today Phanindra V. Wunnava*, Middlebury College and IZA; and Austin Gill, Analysis Group—Barriers to Joining Unions: Evidence by Gender and Race Mia Rawls*, American Federation of Government Employees Member—The Decline of Union Membership in the Federal Public Sector: Origins, Analyses, and Current Strategies for Membership Growth | |||
| 2:30 - 4:30 pm | |||
The papers in this session each examine the economic effects of aggressive immigration enforcement by ICE under Trump 2.0 using different data sets, and a variety of causal identification methods. Aaron Sojourner*, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; and Christopher Campos, University of Chicago—When ICE Comes to Town: The Effects of Immigration Enforcement Operations on Local Economic Activity Michael Reich, University of California Berkeley; and Denis Sosinskiy*, University of California, Berkeley—Effects of ICE Surges on Restaurants Discussants: Ben Zipperer, Economic Policy Institute; Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis; and Madeline Zavodny, University of North Florida | |||
3.2 When Law Meets Labor: Enforcement, Costs, and Workforce Dynamics (Symposium) Presenters: Kassandra Hernandez*, University of California Berkeley; and Enrique Lopezlira, University of California, Berkeley—Worker-led Lawsuits: The Effects of California's Private Attorneys General Act on Business Behavior Across the State Fadime Irem Dogan*, Bahcesehir University, Department of Economics and Finance—Reflections of Probation on the Labor Market: A Regional Analysis in Turkey in the Context of Socioeconomic Factors and Crime Types Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology; Florence Neymotin*, Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga College of Business; and Arina Karkhanis, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law—How have Independent Contractor Regulations in the United States Changed, and What is the Impact of These Changes? | |||
4:45 - 6:45 pm | |||
Monday | Conference Activities • 1/4/2027 | ||
7 - 8 am | LERA Annual Labor Breakfast -- What a Wage Led Economy Looks Like - Sponsored by AFL-CIO & EPI—Independence Ballroom West The LERA Annual Labor Breakfast brings together economists and labor leaders to ask what a wage-led economy would look like in practice. Following an introduction by Teresa Ghilarducci, Candace Archer will moderate three focused presentations on the effects of union density, the contrasts between wage-led and profit-led economic models, and policy alternatives addressing employer wage-setting, job quality, and concentrated corporate power. The presentations will be followed by a moderated audience Q&A. Panelists: Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute; Darrick Hamilton, AFL-CIO Chief Economist; and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research | ||
| 8 - 10 am | |||
4.1 Labor Markets: Productivity, Competition, and Distortions (Symposium) Presenters: Tsenguunjav Byambasuren*, Trinity College Dublin—Automation Threat and Labor Market Power Sangeun Ha*, Copenhagen Business School; and Manpreet Singh, Georgia Tech—Preemptive Corporate Environmental Investment: Evidence from Toxic Releases Gunjan Seth*, University of Southern California; and Manpreet Singh, Georgia Tech—Pollution, Pooling, and Premiums: Spillovers from Toxic Plant Entry on Corporate Healthcare Costs Chengyuan Hua*, West Virginia University—What Manager Traits Matter? Productivity as a Worker and Common Characteristics with Workers | |||
4.2 Non-Wage Amenities (Symposium) Presenters: Brad Hershbein*, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Katherine Lim, USDA; Douglas Webber and Mike Zabek, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—Local Labor Market Tightness and Job Quality: Evidence from Job Changers Sreeraahul Kancherla* and Stephanie Karol, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis; Jennifer Mayo, DePaul University, Department of Economics; and Carl McPherson, University of California Berkeley—Reassessing the Nonprofit Earnings Penalty: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Tax Data Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland; Susan N. Houseman* and Beth C. Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—For Love or Money? Why Americans Work Second Jobs Alex Bell*, Georgia State University; Saman Darougheh and Alexander Dietrich, Danmarks Nationalbank; and Jonna Olsson, NHH Norwegian School of Economics—The Hidden Cost of Family-Friendly Work: Evidence from Denmark | |||
| 10:15 am - 12:15 pm | |||
5.1 Flexibility in Labor Markets (Symposium) Presenters: Abay Asfaw*, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health—Parental Nonstandard Work Schedule and Children's Educational Outcomes Virgel C. Binghay* and Jose Maria G. Binghay, University of the Philippines Diliman—Is Platform Work Truly Flexible? Rethinking Flexibility Among Filipino Delivery Riders in the Gig Economy Polona Domadenik Muren*, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business—Flexibility Without Security: Job Quality, Algorithmic Control and the Hidden Costs of Platform Work in Slovenia Elizabeth A. Hoffmann*, Purdue University—Worker Co-operative Participation: Frustrations and Foreknowledge | |||
5.2 Technology, Information, and Labor Market Frictions (Symposium) Presenters: Alina Malkova*, Florida Institute of Technology—Artificial Intelligence and the Gender Wage Gap: Two Competing Mechanisms Afrouz Azadikhah Jahromi*, Widener University—Job Displacement, Re-employment, and Earnings Recovery among Immigrant and Native Workers Elif Dilden*, Rockhurst University; and Willy Chen, Michigan State University—Understanding Immigrant Occupational Mismatch: The Role of Intra-Household Bargaining and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Mary Kaltenberg*, Pace University; Flavio Pinheiro and Gustavo Pilatti, NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa—Disrupting the Water Cooler: The Impact of Location on Scientific Production | |||
12:30 - 2 pm | LERA Featured Luncheon Plenary—Independence Ballroom West | ||
| 2:30 - 4:30 pm | |||
6.1 Early Childhood Care and Education Markets and Policy (Symposium) Presenters: Ethan Jenkins*, Gabrielle Pepin and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Effects of Child Care Provider Grants: Evidence from Six States Katharine Sadowski*, Stanford University—The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Workforce Composition in Childcare Establishments Gabrielle Pepin*, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Jonathan Borowsky, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Elizabeth E. Davis, University of Minnesota; and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Six Key Facts about Child Care Customer and Worker Commutes Katharine Sadowski*, Stanford University; and Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Workforce Dynamics and the Role of Firms in U.S. Childcare, 2000–2025 | |||
6.2 LERA and IAFFE: Global Perspectives on Wages, Amenities, and Women in the Labor Force (Symposium) Presenters: Beata Wozniak-Jechorek*, Poznan University of Economics and Business; Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Rutgers University; and Michal Pilc, Poznan University of Economics and Business—Is Remote Work More Attractive for Mothers? A Survey-Based Experiment in Six EU Countries Reva Resstack*, American University—Migration Shocks and Informal Labor: Gendered Evidence from Post-Pandemic Peru Tracey Freiberg*, St. John's University; and Martha Susana Jaimes, IPWR—Paid Leave as Care Infrastructure: Effects on Women’s Retirement Timing and Retirement Preparedness Giovana Cavaggioni Bigliazzi*, Insper Institute of Research and Education; and Mônica Yukie Kuwahara, Federal University of ABC—Gender as a Conversion Barrier: Capability Deprivation and Labor Market Exclusion Among Poor Women in Brazil | |||
Tuesday | Conference Activities • 1/5/2027 | ||
| 8 - 10 am | |||
7.1 Beyond Barriers: New Evidence on Work, Living, and Care for People with Disabilities (Symposium) Presenters: Lilia Maliar* and Marian Melnyk, CUNY Graduate Center—Who Benefits from Remote Work? Heterogeneous Effects among Workers with Disabilities Steven Stern* and Shafira Widjaja, Stony Brook University—Determinants of Housing Situation for Adults with Cognitive Impairments | |||
7.2 Workplace Democracy and Employee Ownership: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Meta-Analytical Perspectives (Symposium) Presenters: Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse*, Adriane Clomax and Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University; and Takao Kato, Colgate University—How Does Employee Ownership Affect Workers with Disabilities? Adriane Clomax* and Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University—Working In a Better Way: Insights from ESOP CEOs Matt Mazewski, Rutgers University; and Todd Sorensen*, University of California, Riverside—Taking the Ploy Out of Employee Ownership Studies: The Impact of the "Credibility Revolution" on Empirical Research in the Field Laura Beltran Figueroa*, Pennsylvania Policy Center—State Pathways to Broad-Based Employee Ownership: A Typology of Enacted U.S. Legislation Discussants: Samuel Young, Arizona State University; and Kate Bahn, Institute for Women's Policy Research | |||
| 10:15 am - 12:15 pm | |||
8.1 From Bots to Barriers: How AI Is Reshaping Work and Opportunity (Symposium) Presenters: Cassandra Merritt*, University of Notre Dame; Jacob Dominski, University of Maryland; Christopher Hoy, World Bank; and Yong Suk Lee, University of Notre Dame—Managers as Gatekeepers in the Age of AI Eduard Bruell, ZEW Mannheim; Samuel Maeurer and Davud Rostam-Afschar*, University of Mannheim—Beliefs about Bots: How Employers Plan for AI in White-Collar Work Avner Ben-Ner, University of Minnesota; Ya-Ting Liu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ainhoa Urtasun, Public University of Navarre; and Andrew Weaver*, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—AI, Robotics, and Skill Demands Samuel Westby*, Alicia Sasser Modestino and Peiran Cheng, Northeastern University—The Impact of Generative AI on Job Opportunities for Junior Software Developers | |||
8.2 Technological Change, Human Capital, and Labor Market Adaptation (Symposium) Presenters: Nai-Yun Chang*, National Taiwan Normal University; and Yun-Cheng Tsai, National Taiwan Normal University—The Impact of Generative AI-Mediated Communication on Psychological Safety: A Longitudinal Experiment with Early-Career Professionals Ya-Li Hu* and Yun-Cheng Tsai, National Taiwan Normal University—Digital Technologies and Workforce Skill Formation in Emerging Labor Markets Wai-Pui Wilbur Kwan* and Yun-Cheng Tsai, National Taiwan Normal University—Technological Change and Labor Market Mobility in the Digital Economy Discussants: Yun-Cheng Tsai, National Taiwan Normal University; and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |||
12:15 pm | Moderators: Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Illenin Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; and Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago |