Micro Macro Labor Economics Conference

Date

Friday, December 1, 2017

Location

Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoJanet Yellen Conference Center, First Floor
101 Market Street
San Francisco94105

Welcoming Remarks:
Mary Daly, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

1st Session Chair: Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Worker Mobility and the Diffusion of Knowledge

Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota

Jeremy Lise, University of Minnesota

Guido Menzio, University of Pennsylvania

Gordon Phillips, Dartmouth College

Discussant: Diego Comin, Dartmouth College

The Great Micro Moderation

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University

Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota

Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University

John Sabelhaus, Federal Reserve Board

Sergio Salgado, University of Minnesota

Jae Song, Social Security Administration

Discussant: David Card, University of California – Berkeley

2nd Session Chair: Régis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Aggregate Effects of Minimum Wage Regulation at the Zero Lower Bound

Andrew Glover, University of Texas – Austin

Discussant: Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago

3rd Session Chair: Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

High Wage Workers Work for High Wage Firms

Katarina Borovickova, New York University

Robert Shimer, University of Chicago

Discussant: Rasmus Lentz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rising Inequality and Trends in Leisure

Timo Boppart, IIES Stockholm University

L. Rachel Ngai, London School of Economics

Discussant: Valerie Ramey, UC San Diego

4th Session Chair: Régis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Investment Opportunities and Economic Mobility: Who Benefits From College and the Stock Market?

Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Felicia Ionescu, Federal Reserve Board

Urvi Neelakantan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University

Conference Organizers:

Mary Daly

Rob Valletta

Régis Barnichon

Marianna Kudlyak

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau