Yale Department of Economics

Economics 639b
Labor and Population Workshop


Organized by: Patrick Kline and Melissa Tartari

All graduate students and faculty are invited to attend the weekly workshop.  Graduate students who anticipate undertaking dissertation research in microeconomics or labor, household consumption and savings, development and demography are expected to attend the workshop and register at least once for credit.  Graduate students with a thesis prospectus and/or report on dissertation research should discuss it in advance with her/his faculty advisor and then sign up for a workshop presentation.

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Papers will be available in Room 30, 3rd floor, 27 Hillhouse Ave.
 

Spring 2008 Friday, 12:15-1:45 pm, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 106
February 22 Alex Mas (UC Berkeley) Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999,(w/ David Lee). meet the speaker
February 29 Joseph Altonji (Yale Univeristy) "Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes," (w/ Fabian Lange & Prashant Bharadwaj).
March 7 Manuela Angelucci (University of Arizona) "Indirect Effects of an Aid Program: How do Cash Transfers Affect Ineligibles' Consumption?"
March 14 & 21 HOLIDAY
March 28 Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley) "Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants"  
April 4 Jeff Liebman (Harvard University) "Earnings Responses to Increases in Payroll Taxes"
April 11 Till von Wachter (Columbia University) "Mortality, Mass-Layoffs, and Career Outcomes: An Analysis using Administrative Data" (joint with Daniel Sullivan)  
April 18 David Autor (MIT) "Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States"
April 25 Mike Elsby (University of Michigan) "Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, and Unemployment Flows."
May 2 Gary Solon (Michigan Sate) "Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?"
May 9 Tat Chan (Washington University at St. Louis) "Using Subjective Expectations to Infer Managerial Objectives and Choices."  Meet the Speaker

Past Workshops       Labor-Public Finance Lunch

Schedule maintained by Dawn Teele

Last updated: May 06, 2008