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Friday

Conference Activities  •  1/7/2022
  
10 AM - 12 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
1.1  Collective Bargaining, Wages, and Inequality (Symposium)—Virtual Session
Chair: Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University
Presenters: Ihsaan Bassier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst—The Impact of Sectoral Bargaining on Spillovers and the Wage Structure in Monopsonistic Labor Markets
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and Ana Rute Cardoso, Institute for Economic Analysis—Wage Flexibility under Sectoral Bargaining
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University; François Gerard, Queen Mary University of London; Lorenzo Lagos, Brown University; and Claire Montialoux, University of California, Berkeley—Collective Bargaining, the Minimum Wage, and the Racial Earnings Gap
Discussants: Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago
Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University
 
Chair: Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College
Presenters: Yukiko Asai, University of Chicago—Costs of Employment and Flexible Labor Demand: Evidence from Maternity and Parental Leave Reforms
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania and Michael Sockin, University of Texas at Austin—A Pay Scale of Their Own: Gender Differences in Performance Pay
Teresa Kroeger, Brandeis University—Gender Segregation and Earnings in the Federal Workforce
Discussants: Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta
Guillaume Vermeylen and Valentine Fays, University of Mons - Belgium
  
12:15 PM ‑ 2:15 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Presenters: Joshua Olabiyi Olabiyi, University of the Western Cape—Decent Employment & Poverty Alleviation For Socio-Economic Development & Its Implication on Well-Being of Citizenry in S.A
Christine Wen, Good Jobs First—How Tax Incentives Constrain K-12 Education
Discussants: Brandy Edmondson, University of Minnesota
Guillaume Vermeylen, University of Mons - Belgium
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Chair: Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research
Presenters: Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan—New Insights on Self-Employment Transitions of Older Adults in the United States
Owen Davis, The New School for Social Research—The Covid-19 Employment Shock and Recovery: Evidence for Older Workers
Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute—How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Retirement Decisions?
Discussants: Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Gal Wettstein and Matthew Rutledge, Boston College
  
3:45 PM ‑ 5:45 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presenters: Greg Howard, Russell Weinstein and Yuhao Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Do Regional Universities Make their Local Economy More Resilient?
Christopher Goetz, U.S. Census Bureau; Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; and Bryan Stuart, George Washington University—The Sources of Local Labor Market Hysteresis after Recessions
Timothy J. Bartik, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—How the Match of Local Labor Demand Shocks with the Local Skill Mix affects Local Labor Market Outcomes
Discussants: Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth University
 
Chair: Samuel L. Myers Jr., University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Presenters: Jaime Lancaster, Humboldt State University—The Devil is in the Details: Sub-minimum Provisions of Local Minimum Wage Laws
Sebastian Fossati and Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta—First to $15: Alberta's Minimum Wage Policy on Employment by Wages, Ages, and Places
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania—Workplace Amenities and the Minimum Wage
Caitlin Caspi, University of Connecticut—Early Effects on a Local Minimum Wage Policy on Low-wage Worker Health
Discussants: Teresa Kroeger, Brandeis University
Anusha Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Aaron J. Sojourner, University of Minnesota
Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors

Saturday

Conference Activities  •  1/8/2022
  
10 AM ‑ 12 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: Brian Sloboda, Department of Labor
Presenters: Roy Lewis Gernhardt, Mindy Marks, Silvia Prina and Redina Tahaj, Northeastern University—2018 Government Shutdown and SNAP Benefits' Timing: Can Food Stamps Recipients Smooth Consumption?
Alexander Herzog-Stein, Hans-Boeckler-Foundation; Patrick Nüß, Kiel University; Lennert Peede, University of Muenster; and Ulrike Stein, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK)—Germany's Labour Market in Corona Distress - New Challenges to Safeguard Employment
Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors—The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
Discussants: Patrick Nüß, Kiel University
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College
Yukiko Asai, University of Chicago
 
Chair: Dania V. Francis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Presenters: Elizabeth O. Ananat, Barnard College, Columbia University; Anna Gassman-Pines and John Fitz-Henley II, Duke University—Racial Disparities in Essential Workers' Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis
Rachel M.B. Atkins, New York University—When Opportunity Doesn't Knock: The Relationship Between Labor Market Opportunity and Necessity Entrepreneurship Among Black Workers
Ofronama Biu, New School for Social Research—Black Women, Black Men, and Occupational Crowding in Non-Standard Arrangements
Marcus Casey, University of Illinois at Chicago—Automation, Urban Wage Differentials, and Race
Discussants: Pat Bayer, Duke University
Bryan Stuart, George Washington University
  
12:15 PM ‑ 2:15 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: Erica Groshen, Cornell University
Presenters: Guillaume Vermeylen and Alexandre Waroquier, University of Mons - Belgium—Is it Worth Hiring Overeducated Workers?
Adam Osman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jamin D. Speer, University of Memphis; and Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Connections, Referrals, and Hiring Outcomes: Evidence from an Egyptian Establishment Survey
Colleen F. Manchester and Brandy Edmondson, University of Minnesota and Anders Frederiksen, Aarhus University—The Role of Referrals in Admissions: A Signaling Perspective
Discussants: Lucombo J. Luveia, Howard University
Joshua Olabiyi Olabiyi, University of the Western Cape
Christine Wen, Good Jobs First
 
Chair: Takao Kato, Colgate University
Presenters: Dominique Meurs, The French Institute for Demographic Studies, INED—Careers of Elite School Graduates: Evidence from a French Large Firm
Karen Mumford, York University—Pay Gaps in the National Health Service: The Puzzle of Observability and Disclosure
Karla Cordova, Pomona College—Effects of Increased Immigration Enforcement on Citizens' Self-Employment
Eva Sierminska, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research—Pension Rights, Employment, and the Gender Wealth Gap
Discussants: Melanie Jones, Cardiff University
José R. Bucheli, New Mexico State University
Francine D. Blau, Cornell University
  
3:45 PM ‑ 5:45 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: Paola Giuliano, UCLA, Anderson
Presenters: Paola Giuliano, UCLA, Anderson and Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School—The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
Sam Bazzi, University of California, San Diego; Abel Brodeur, University of Ottawa; Martin Fiszbein, Boston University; and Joanne Haddad, University of Ottawa—Frontier Culture and Gender Inequality in the United States
Leonardo Bursztyin, University of Chicago; Thomas Chaney, Sciences Pro; Tarek Hassan, Boston University; and Aakaash Rao, Harvard University—The Immigrant Next Door: Exposure, Prejudice and Altruism
Discussants: James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University
Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales
Edoardo Teso, Kellogg School of Management
 
Chair: Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research
Presenters: Ian Burn, University of Liverpool; Patrick Button, Tulane University; Luis Felipe Munguia Corella and David Neumark, University of California, Irvine—Older Workers Need Not Apply? Ageist Language in Job Ads and Age Discrimination in Hiring
Laura Quinby and Gal Wettstein, Boston College—Are Older Workers Capable of Delaying Retirement?
Aida Farmand, The New School for Social Research—How Job Displacement Affects Work and Social Security Claiming at Older Ages
Discussants: Perihan Saygin, University of Florida
Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute

Sunday

Conference Activities  •  1/9/2022
  
10 AM ‑ 12 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota
Presenters: Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College—Recent Longitudinal Evidence of Size and Union Threat Effects by Gender on Wages and Benefits
Patrick Nüß, Kiel University—Management Opposition, Strikes and Union Threat
Lucombo J. Luveia and David W. Dongo, Howard University—Examining the Effect of Employer Concentration on Chinese Trade Shock
Discussants: Alexander Herzog-Stein, Hans-Boeckler-Foundation
Jaime Lancaster, Humboldt State University
Xue Zhang, Cornell University
 
Chair: Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Presenters: Morris M. Kleiner and Wenchen Wang, University of Minnesota—Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in the Public Sector
Alicia Plemmons, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Shishir Shakya, Shippensburg University—How Nurse Practitioners Serving Medicare Beneficiaries Prescribe Opioids
Bobby Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Jian Zou, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Teacher Licensing, Teacher Supply, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from the Recent Nationwide Reform
Kihwan Bae, St. Francis University and Edward J. Timmons, Saint Francis University—Returns to Expanded Scope of Practice: Evidence from Optometrist Prescription Authority
Discussants: Darwyyn Deyo, San Jose State University
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maria Koumenta, Queen Mary University of London
Ilya Kukaev, Saint Francis University
  
12:15 PM ‑ 2:15 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: Sara Chaganti, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Presenters: Erin Graves and Sara Chaganti, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston—Framing Job Quality: A Functional Definition
Meg Lovejoy, Harvard University; Ashley Parry, Boston College; and Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Redesigning Work for Worker Well-being: Lessons Learned from the Frontlines of the Pandemic
Kristen Harknett, University of California, San Francisco; Daniel Schneider, Harvard Kennedy School; and Veronique Irwin, National Center for Education Statistics—Seattle's Secure Scheduling Ordinance: Worker Impacts
Adria Scharf, Rutgers University—Employee Share Ownership and Job Quality in Family-owned Businesses
Discussants: Jessica Santos, Brandeis University
Livia Lam, Strategies 360
 
Chair: Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland
Presenters: Heather Grob, Saint Martin's University—From the U.S. Epicenter: How Washington State's Workshare Worked
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—Options for Avoiding Costly Job Losses During Recessions: Work Sharing vs. UI in California
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—STC Use in the United States: Addressing Barriers and Recognizing Limitations
Giulia Giupponi, Bocconi University; Camille Landais, London School of Economics; and Alice Lapeyre, CREST—Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?
  
3:45 PM ‑ 5:45 PM (EST)Concurrent Sessions
 
Chair: William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University
Presenters: Loredana Cultrera, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx and Guillaume Vermeylen, University of Mons - Belgium—Educational and Skills Mismatches: Unravelling Their Effects on Wages Across Europe
Valentine Fays, Benoît Mahy and François Rycx, University of Mons - Belgium—Native-immigrant Wage Gaps in GVCs: Is it Worth Moving Upstream?
Xue Zhang, Cornell University—People's Mobility, Labor Market Disequilibrium and Rural Development
Discussants: Roy Lewis Gernhardt, Northeastern University
Lucombo J. Luveia, Howard University
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania
 
Chair: Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota
Presenters: Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—Heterogenous Returns of Acquiring Occupational Credentialing at Different Age and the Prevalence of Engaging in Entrepreneurial Activities
Yufei Ren and Lin Xiu, University of Minnesota Duluth; Fengn Lv, Nankai University; and Xin Liang, University of Minnesota Duluth—Trust and Trustworthiness in the Employment Relationship: Policy Implications
Vanessa Conzon, Boston College, Carroll School of Management; Duanyi Yang and Dongwoo Park, Cornell University; and Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Gendered Consequences of Flexible Work Policies
Lin Xiu, University of Minnesota Duluth; Morley Gunderson, University of Toronto; and Xiaogang He, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics—Gender, Entrepreneurial Career Choice, and Entrepreneurship Outcomes
Discussants: John McCarthy, Cornell University
Aaron J. Sojourner, University of Minnesota


Adjourn William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University