Friday | Conference Activities • 1/6/2023 |
| 7:30 - 8 am | LERA Coffee & Hot Breakfast Buffet, Sponsored by Int'l Union-UAW, UAW-Ford, KP-Alliance, Illinois, Cornell, Rutgers, Penn, FIU, MSU, MIT - admission to breakfast available in LERA Meetings Mobile App—Hilton Riverside, Bridge Foyer
Co-Chairs: Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
| 8 ‑ 10 am | |
1.1 Labor Market Institutions (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Samuel Young and Sean Yixiang Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Unionization, Employer Opposition, and Establishment Closure
Cynthia Doniger, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Desmond J. Toohey, University of Delaware—These Caps Spilleth Over: Equilibrium Effects of Unemployment Insurance
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland; Henry R. Hyatt and James R. Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau—The Role of Industry in Increasing Earnings Inequality: Reconciling Results from the CPS and the LEHD
Jose Mustre-del-Rio, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Christian vom Lehn, Brigham Young University | |
1.2 Tax Credits, Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Transfers (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Emily Wiemers, Syracuse University; Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan; and Anna Wiersma Strauss, Syracuse University—The EITC and Intergenerational Transfers of Time and Money
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 Elder Care
Jacob Bastian, Rutgers University—Tax Credits in Rural and Economically Distressed Areas: More Bang Per Buck? | |
| 10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
2.1 Firm Power and the Law: Wage Discrimination, Non-Competes, and Visas (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Brianna L. Alderman, Roger D. Blair and Perihan Saygin, University of Florida—Monopsony, Wage Discrimination, and Public Policy
Jesse Wursten, KU Leuven and Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley—Small Business and the Minimum Wage
Candice Yandam Riviere, The University of Chicago Law School—Regulatory Changes and Labor Market Concentration in the U.S. Agriculture Sector: Evidence from H-2A Workers
Jed DeVaro, California State University, East Bay and Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—Wage Theft, Market Power, and Outsourcing: The Case of H-1B Workers
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago | |
2.2 LERA Best Papers I: Workplace Structure and Stress (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Youngsang Kim and Andrea Kim, Sungkyunkwan University; Tae-Youn Park, Cornell University; Eun-Ji Oh and Seung Soo Eo, Sungkyunkwan University—Downsizing Effects on Subsequent Voluntary Turnover, and the Role of Collective Pay for Performance Practices
Kyongji Han, Baylor University; Andrea Kim, Sungkyunkwan University; Mee Sook Kim, California State University East Bay; and Minho Kim, Colorado College—A Climate for Long Work Hours, Job Stress and Organizational Commitment: Why Does Gender Matter?
Lonnie Golden, Penn State Abington—Work Hours Mismatches as Part of Job Quality: Effects of Transitions on Workers' Well-Being
Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore
Brandy Edmondson, University of Minnesota | |
| 2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm | |
3.1 Labor Market Shocks on College Students and Recent Graduates (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Johnathan G. Conzelmann and Steven W. Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Shawn M. Martin, University of Michigan; and Andrew Simon, University of Chicago—Skills, Majors and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond
Russell Weinstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Graduating from a Less Selective University During a Recession: Evidence from Mobility Report Cards and Employer Recruiting
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University and Sarah Turner, University of Virginia—Limited Supply and Lagging Enrollment: Production Technologies and Enrollment Changes at Community Colleges during the Pandemic
Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University
Celeste K. Carruthers, University of Tennessee | |
3.2 Random Assignment in the U.S. Army (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: James V. Marrone, RAND Corporation; Rebecca S. Zimmerman, U.S. Department of Defense; Louay Constant and Marek Posard, RAND Corporation; and Katherine L. Kuzminski, Center for a New American Security—Organizational and Cultural Causes of Army First-Term Attrition
Michael S. Kofoed and Carl J. Wojtaszek, U.S. Military Academy West Point—Sensitivity of Charitable Giving to Realized Income Changes: Evidence from Military Bonuses and the Combined Federal Campaign
Jonathan M.V. Davis, University of Oregon; Kyle Greenberg, U.S. Military Academy West Point; and Damon Jones, University of Chicago—An Experimental Evaluation of Deferred Acceptance
Jesse Bruhn, Brown University; Kyle Greenberg and Matthew Gudgeon, U.S. Military Academy West Point; Evan Rose, University of Chicago; and Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California, Los Angeles—Fog of War? The Role of Combat, Selection, and Policy in Veteran’s Long-Run Outcomes
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth University
Alex Rees-Jones, University of Pennsylvania | |
Saturday | Conference Activities • 1/7/2023 |
| 7:30 ‑ 8 am | LERA Coffee & Hot Breakfast Buffet, Sponsored by Int'l Union-UAW, UAW-Ford, KP-Alliance, Illinois, Cornell, Rutgers, Penn, FIU, MSU, MIT - admission to breakfast available in LERA Meetings Mobile App—Hilton Riverside, Bridge Foyer
Co-Chairs: Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
| 8 ‑ 10 am | |
4.1 New Research on Minimum Wage Increases (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University—Minimum Wages and Employment Composition
Carl McPherson, Michael Reich and Justin C. Wiltshire, University of California, Berkeley—Are $15 Minimum Wagarees Too High?
Nirupama Rao, University of Michigan and Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University—How Do Small Firms Accommodate Minimum Wage Increases? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Tax Returns
Carmen Sanchez Cumming, The Washington Center for Equitable Growth; Daniel Muhammad and Yi Geng, Government of the District of Columbia; and Corey Husak, U.S. Senate Offices—Left Out: Measuring Minimum Wage Effects on Wage Earners and the Self-employed Using Tax Data from Washington, DC
Ben Zipperer, Economic Policy Institute | |
4.2 LERA Best Papers II: Regulation, Training, and Wages (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Hyejin Ko, Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs—Are Employer Training and General Education Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from South Korea
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Are Employer Training and General Education Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from South Korea
Natarajan Balasubramanian, Syracuse University; Evan Starr and Shotaro Yamaguchi, University of Maryland—Bundling Employment Restrictions and Value Capture from Employees
Amanda Chuan, Michigan State University
Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore
Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University | |
| 10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
5.1 Labor Market Competition and the Political Economy (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Bryan A. Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Christopher Goetz, U.S. Census Bureau; and Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Local Labor Markets Left Behind? How Recessions Reshape Employment Dynamics Among Firms and Workers
Takuya Hiraiwa, University of Maryland; Michael Lipsitz, Federal Trade Commission; Evan Starr, University of Maryland; and Bledi Taska, Burning Glass Technologies—Do Firms Value Court Enforcement of Noncompete Agreements? A Revealed Preference Approach
Hyeri Choi and Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania—The Impact of Labor Market Concentration on Unemployment and Underemployment
Samuel Dodini, Kjell Salvanes and Alexander Willén, Norwegian School of Economics—The Dynamics of Power in Labor Markets: Monopolistic Unions versus Monopsonistic Employers
Hyeri Choi, University of Pennsylvania | |
5.2 Recent Trends in Contract Work in U.S. Labor Markets: Measurement and Implications (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Annette Bernhardt, University of California, Berkeley; Christopher Campos, University of Chicago; Allen Prohofsky, Franchise Tax Board; Aparna Ramesh, University of California-Berkeley; and Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley—The "Gig" Economy and Independent Contracting: Evidence from California Tax Data
Matthew Dey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—The Rise of the Contract Workforce in U.S. Manufacturing and its Implications for Worker Skills Measures
Andy Garin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University; and Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago—The Evolution of Platform Gig Work, 2019-2020
Emma van Inwegen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Apostolos Filippas, Fordham University; and John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—The Experimental Imposition of a Worker Level Minimum Wage | |
| 12:30 ‑ 2:15 pm | LERA Plenary--Social Interactions at Work (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Matthew Harvey, University of Washington-Tacoma; David Nickerson, Temple University; and Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis—Cross-Race Differences in the Response to Unequal Treatment
Jeff Flory, Claremont McKenna College; Andreas Leibbrandt, Monash University; Christina Rott, Free University Amsterdam; and Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University—Signals from On High and "Growth Mindset": A Field Experiment in Attracting Minorities to High-Profile Positions
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and Ian M. Schmutte, University of Georgia—The Dynamics of Referral Hiring and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Brazil
Amalia Miller, University of Virginia; Ragan Petrie, Texas A&M University; and Carmit Segal, University of Zurich—Does Workplace Competition Increase Labor Supply: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Zoe Cullen, Harvard Business School
Alex Bartik, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Amanda Agan, Rutgers University |
| 2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm | |
6.1 LERA Best Papers III: Racial Disparities in Policies and Institutions (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Yang Jiao, Young Harris College; Yi Lu, Tsinghua University; and Xiaohan Zhang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas—Racial Disparity in Labor Market Response to the EITC
Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Kalee Elise Burns, Georgia State University—Migration Constraints and Disparate Responses to Changing Job Opportunities
Brandy Edmondson, University of Minnesota—Bigger than Black and White: Cultural Capital and Employment Discrimination
Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
Sunday | Conference Activities • 1/8/2023 |
| 7:30 ‑ 8 am | LERA Coffee and Chicory Coffee Break, Sponsored by Int'l Union-UAW, UAW-Ford, KP-Alliance, Illinois, Cornell, Rutgers, Penn, FIU, MSU, MIT—Hilton Riverside, Bridge Foyer
Co-Chairs: Abigail Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
| 8 ‑ 10 am | |
7.1 Occupational Licensing and Public Policies (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Nicholas Carollo, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Jason Hicks, University of Victoria; Andrew Karch and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—The Origins and Evolution of Occupational Licensing in the United States
Ryan Nunn, Tyler Boesch and Katherine Lim, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis—Racial Disparities in Occupational Licensing
David Mitchell, Ball State University and Moiz Bhai, University of Arkansas at Little Rock—New Evidence on Occupational Licensing Reform on the Earnings and Labor Supply of Nurse Practitioners
Mengjie Lyu and Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Hua Ye, Sun Yat-sen University—Labor Market Impacts of Occupational Licensing and Delicensing: New Evidence from China
Edward J. Timmons, West Virginia University
Maria Koumenta, Queen Mary University of London
Alicia Plemmons, West Virginia University | |
7.2 LERA Best Papers IV: The Changing Geography and Nature of Work (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Hoyoung Yoo, University of Wisconsin-Madison—Move in and Get Paid? The Welfare Consequences of Remote Worker Relocation Programs
Junjie Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison—Human Capital Externalities and the Geographic Variation in Returns to Experience
Kevin Wynne and Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore—Working from Home, Organizational Monitoring, and Individual Outcomes
Kyongji Han, Baylor University
Yang Jiao, Young Harris College
Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
| 10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm | |
8.1 LERA Best Papers V: The When, Where, and Why of Unions (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Alison Braley-Rattai and Larry Savage, Brock University—Union Responses to Vaccine Mandates in Canada
Zachary Schaller, Colorado State University and Sarah Thomaz, Independent—Where Unions Fell: A Historical Geography of Union Formation in the U.S.
Noah Wexler, University of Minnesota—Right-to-Work Policies and Monopsonistic Labor Markets in Manufacturing
Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Shomik Ghosh, Boston University
Hoyoung Yoo, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
8.2 Older Workers and Retirement, Part I (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Owen Davis, The New School for Social Research—Employer-Provided Health Insurance Costs and the Demand for Older Workers: Evidence from Administrative Data
Leah R. Abrams, Tufts University; Kristen Harknett, University of California, San Francisco; and Daniel Schneider, Harvard University—Older Workers with Unpredictable Schedules: Implications for Well-being and Job Retention
Beth C. Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Navigating the Run-up to Retirement: Employment Entries and Exits Among Older Workers
Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute—Age Disparities in Reemployment among Displaced Workers: Variation over Time and across Groups
Siavash Radpour, The New School for Social Research | |
| 1 ‑ 3 pm | |
9.1 Older Workers and Retirement, Part II (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Steering
Presenters: Laura Quinby, Boston College; Glenn Springstead, Social Security Administration; and Gal Wettstein, Boston College—Is the Scarring from Unemployment Worse for Black Workers?
Brian Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Why Are Older Workers Moving Less While Working Longer?
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan—Measuring Work among Older Adults: The Role of Retirement Transitions
Owen Davis, The New School for Social Research | |
9.2 LERA Best Papers VI: Worker Preferences, Sorting, and Mismatch (Symposium)—Hilton Riverside, Bridge
Presenters: Gabrielle Pepin, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Bryce VanderBerg, Michigan State University—Occupational Sorting, Multidimensional Skill Mismatch, and the Child Penalty among Working Mothers
Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Vegard M. Nygaard, University of Houston—A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
Lonnie Golden, Penn State Abington
Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |