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Friday
Conference Activities  •  1/5/2024
   
8 - 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
1.1  Contractors and Gig Workers: New Evidence from Improved Surveys (Symposium)
Chair: Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Presenters: Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland; Brad Hershbein, Susan N. Houseman and Beth C. Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys
Joelle Abramowitz and Andrew Joung, University of Michigan—Understanding Non-Traditional Work Arrangements in the United States
Rachel M. Brooks Atkins, St. John's University; Quentin Brummet and Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago—Characteristics of Gig Workers in the U.S.: Evidence from the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey
Anne Polivka, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—The What and How of Measuring Electronic Platform Work
Discussants: Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Matthew Dey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
 
1.2  Skills and Career Progression: Topics in Entrepreneurship and High-Skilled Labor Markets (Symposium)
Chair: Mary Kaltenberg, Pace University
Presenters: Elena Simintzi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sheng-Jun Xu, University of Alberta; and Ting Xu, University of Toronto—The Effect of Childcare Access on Women's Careers and Firm Performance
Mary Kaltenberg, Pace University and Ling Zhou, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne—Does Maternity Hold Back "Marie Curies"?
Alina Malkova, Florida Institute of Technology—Knockin' on the Bank's Door: Why is Self-Employment Going Down?
Christos Makridis, Stanford University—The Labor Market Returns of Being An Artist: Evidence from the United States, 2006-2021
Discussants: Nicola Pavoni, Universita' Bocconi
Sarah H. Bana, Chapman University
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10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
2.1  Vulnerable Workers, Training, and Employment Outcomes (Symposium)
Chair: Russell Weinstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Hyejin Ko, Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs and Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—The Impact of Employment Protection Legislation on Firm Training for Non-Regular and Regular Workers
Hye Jin Rho, Amanda Chuan, Maite Tapia, Phillip DeOrtentiis and Mevan Jayasinghe, Michigan State University—Job Preferences among Food Service Workers during Covid-19: Survey Evidence from a Large Public University
Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore and Conrad Helms, Maryland State Government—Does Reinstating ABAWD Work Requirement Stimulate Employment or Just Reduce Benefits? The Timing of Employment and Earnings Outcomes
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Rupa Banerjee, Toronto Metropolitan University—The Long-term Effects of Apprenticeship Training and Certification on Immigrant-native-born Earning Gaps
Discussants: Aaron J. Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University
 
2.2  Social and Economic Outcomes of Occupational Licensing (Symposium)
Chair: Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University
Presenters: Kihwan Bae, West Virginia University; Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota; Connor Norris and Edward J. Timmons, West Virginia University—Exploring the Effects of Occupational Licensing on Wage Inequality in the U.S.
Bobby Chung, University of South Florida; Ben Posmanick and Alex Obie, St. Bonaventure University—Does Licensure Improve Audit Committee Performance?
Maria Koumenta and Mark Williams, Queen Mary University of London—Occupational Licensing and Social Mobility in the U.K.
Yun Taek Oh, University of Michigan and Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota—Influence of Occupational Licensing on Retirement Transitions
Discussants: Darwyyn Deyo, San Jose State University
Samuel Dodini, Norwegian School of Economics
Ilya Kukaev, Lehigh University
Alicia Plemmons, West Virginia University
   
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
3.1  Older Workers, Job Search, and Retirement (Symposium)
Chair: Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology
Presenters: Edward Nathan Wolff, New York University—Understanding Trends in the Retirement Preparedness of Black and Hispanic Households in the U.S.
Peter Mannino, University of California Los Angeles and Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—Older Workers in the Unemployment Insurance System
Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology and Karen Ellen Richman, University of Notre Dame—The Tangible Value of Informal Support for America's Aging Population
Haobin Fan, Shanghai Academy of Social Science and Ting Zhang, University of Baltimore—City Level, Industry Specialization and Older Migrant Workers in China
Discussant: Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
3.2  Workers' Outside Options and Welfare (Symposium)
Chair: Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Presenters: David Wasser, Cornell University—Unemployment Insurance Extensions, Labor Market Concentration, and Match Quality
Samuel Dodini, Katrine Loken and Alexander Willen, Norwegian School of Economics—The Effect of Labor Market Competition on Firms, Workers, and Communities
Junjie Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison—The Responses of Wages to Rejected Offers
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago—New Evidence on Employee Noncompete, No Poach, and No Hire Agreements in the Franchise Sector Discussant Opportunity Available, Interested? Contact LERA

Saturday
Conference Activities  •  1/6/2024
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
4.1  Worker Responses to Information about Employers (Symposium)
Chair: Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Amanda Chuan and Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University—The Value of Pecuniary and Non-pecuniary Job Amenities for Student Workers: Evidence From a Field Experiment
Sofia Bapna, Alan Benson and Russell Funk, University of Minnesota and Joao Sedoc, New York University—Rejection Communication and Women's Job Search Persistence
Jason Sockin, University of Pennsylvania; Evan Starr, University of Maryland; and Aaron J. Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence
Discussants: Samuel Dodini, Norwegian School of Economics
Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
4.2  Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit (Symposium)
Chair: Maggie R. Jones, United States Census Bureau
Presenters: Kye Lippold, U.S. Department of the Treasury and Beata Luczywek, University of California, San Diego—Estimating Income Effects on Labor Supply Using the Child Tax Credit Expansion for Young Children
Gabrielle Pepin, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research—Effects of Pandemic Aid on Child Care Use and Quality: Evidence from Mobile Device Location Data
Elizabeth O. Ananat, Barnard College, Columbia University; Jessica Pac, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christopher Wimer, University of Columbia; and Naomi Zewde, University of California, Los Angeles—The Effects of Monthly In-Utero Cash Transfers on Maternal and Infant Health: Evidence from the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit
Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University—The Effect of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Infant Health
Discussants: Matt Unrath, U.S. Census Bureau
Jake Schild, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
5.1  New Insights on Family Policy and Female Labor Supply (Symposium)
Chair: Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley
Presenters: Mary Ann Bronson, Georgetown University and Deniz Sanin, Yale University—Optimal Parental Leave Policy Design
Jonathan Borowsky, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Jessica H. Brown, University of South Carolina; Elizabeth E. Davis, University of Minnesota; Chloe Gibbs, Notre Dame; Chris M. Herbst, Arizona State University; Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Erdal Tekin, American University; and Matthew Wiswall, University of Wisconsin - Madison—An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education
Yana Gallen and Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago—Complements to Work? Subsidies, Taxes, and Female Labor Supply
Discussants: Pengpeng Xiao, Duke University
Deniz Sanin, Yale University
 
5.2  Labor Markets and Healthcare Workforce (Symposium)
Chair: David Mitchell, Ball State University
Presenters: Sara Markowitz, Emory University and NBER; Pablo Estrada and Alexia Witthaus Vine, Emory University—Gender-Based Wage Gaps in Nursing
Mayra Pineda-Torres and Cici McNamara, Georgia Institute of Technology—Medical Residency Subsidies and Provider Supply
Benjamin McMichael, University of Alabama School of Law—The Evolving Healthcare Workforce: Keys to Access to Care
Danny Hughes, Arizona State; Moiz Bhai, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and David Mitchell, Ball State University—Returns to Physician Sub-specialization and Multi-Specialty Practices
Discussants: Daniel Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Tingting Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
   
2:30 ‑ 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
6.1  Work Environment and Job Amenities (Symposium)
Chair: Kjell Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics
Presenters: Alex Bell, University of California, Los Angeles—Job Amenities and Earnings Inequality
Samuel Dodini, Kjell Salvanes, Alexander Willen and Li (Julia) Zhu, Norwegian School of Economics—The Career Effects of Union Membership
Peter Norlander, Loyola University of Chicago and Christopher Erickson, University of California, Los Angeles—The Role of Institutions in Job Teleworkability Before and After the Covid-19 Pandemic
R. Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania and Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Better Labor Market Options Reduce Workplace Injuries
Discussants: Evan Starr, University of Maryland
Amanda Chuan, Michigan State University
Alan Benson, University of Minnesota
 
6.2  Health and Labor Markets (Symposium)
Chair: Kirsten Cornelson, University of Western Ontario
Presenters: Elena Falcettoni, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—A Nurse Practitioner a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Boriana Miloucheva, University of Toronto and Maripier Isabelle, University of Laval—Is It All Relative? The Health Impacts of Changes to Absolute and Relative Income
Ray Miller, Colorado State University; Neha Bairoliya, University of Southern California; and Vegard M. Nygaard, University of Houston—Exercise or Extra Fries? How Behavior Impacts Health over the Life Cycle
Kirsten Cornelson, University of Western Ontario and Boriana Miloucheva, University of Toronto—Does Diversity Increase Trust in Science? Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Through Representation
Discussant: Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

Sunday
Conference Activities  •  1/7/2024
   
8 ‑ 10 am Concurrent Sessions
 
7.1  Economic Mobility and Higher Education (Symposium)
Chair: Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University
Presenters: Greg Howard and Russell Weinstein, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—"Workhorses of Opportunity": Regional Universities Increase Local Social Mobility
Lauren Russell, University of Pennsyvlania and Michael Andrews, University of Maryland Baltimore County—Not the Great Equalizer: Local Economic Mobility and Inequality Effects from the Establishment of U.S. Universities
German Reyes and Evan Riehl, Cornell University—Do High-Stakes College Admission Exams Create or Reflect Inequality? Evidence from Brazil
Discussants: Sarah Turner, University of Virginia
Paul Mohnen, University of Pennsylvania
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
 
7.2  Early Interventions and Adult Outcomes (Symposium)
Chair: Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College
Presenters: Yang Jiao, Texas A&M University-Texarkana; Xiaozhou Ding, Dickinson College; and Yi Lu, Tsinghua University—Like Mother, Like Child: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Gender Norms
Oren Danieli, Tel Aviv University—Getting Beneath the Veil of Intergenerational Mobility, Evidence from Three Cities
Alex Bell, University of California, Los Angeles and Neviana Petkova, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury—Long-Term Impacts of Mentoring for Disadvantaged Youth
Discussants: Ashley E. Orr, Carnegie Mellon University
Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University
   
10:15 am ‑ 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
8.1  Hiring Dynamics (Symposium)
Chair: Florence Neymotin, Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga College of Business
Presenters: Joelle Saad-Lessler, Stevens Institute of Technology and Florence Neymotin, Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga College of Business—Recent Patterns of Job-Hopping in the United States
Ashley E. Orr, Carnegie Mellon University—Employer Preferences for Local vs. Non-Local Workers: A Resume Audit
Alex Bell, University of California, Los Angeles; TJ Hedin and Geoff Schnorr, UCLA; and Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles—UI Benefit Generosity and Labor Supply and Job Outcomes from 2002-2020: Evidence from California UI Records
Alicia Sasser Modestino, Northeastern University; Mindy S. Marks, University of California, Riverside; and Hanna Hoover, Northeastern University—Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Examining Barriers to Job Placement in Summer Youth Employment Programs
Discussants: Xiaozhou Ding, Dickinson College
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
 
8.2  Compensation, Promotion, and Personality (Symposium)
Chair: Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University
Presenters: Kyongji Han, Baylor University; Andrea Kim, Sungkyunkwan University; Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University; and Yongguen Kim, POSCO Research Institute—A Cross-Cultural Study on Employee Stock Ownership Plans: A Human Resource Process Perspective
Christopher Boone, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michael Paz, Cornell University—Peer Group Comparisons and Pay Spillovers in the CEO Labor Market
Taeho Kim, University of Toronto—Promotion Incentives, Career Decisions, and Police Performance
Dongil (Marco) Jang and Moshe Barach, University of Minnesota—The Effect of AI Image Generator on the Creative Art and Design Market: Evidence from US Freelancer Platform
Discussants: Yong Suk Lee, University of Notre Dame
Aaron Sojourner, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
   
1 - 3 pm Concurrent Sessions
 
9.1  Insurance, Uncertainty, and Health (Symposium)
Chair: David Wasser, Cornell University
Presenters: Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta and Kevin Milligan, University of British Columbia—Work, Health, and Mortality: The Case of WLEMMAs in the Shale Boom and Bust
Brian Sloboda, Department of Labor and University of Maryland Global Campus—Too Hot to Work. What are the Economic Effects of Rest Breaks on the Labor Productivity of Workers
Sidhya Balakrishnan, Jain Family Institute; Eric Bettinger, Stanford University; Michael S. Kofoed, U.S. Military Academy West Point; Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; and Douglas Webber, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—An Evaluation of Income Share Agreements: The Effect of Education Insurance Framing and the Nature of Adverse Selection
Discussant: Junjie Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
9.2  Inequality and Institutions (Symposium)
Chair: Ashley E. Orr, Carnegie Mellon University
Presenters: Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College and Austin Gill, Analysis Group—Do Unions have a Role to Play in Decreasing Earnings Inequality?
Teresa Kroeger, Brandeis University—Mechanisms of the Underpayment of Women in the Federal Workforce
Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research—Union Effect on Wealth Distribution
Discussants: Alicia Sasser Modestino, Northeastern University
Yuci Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 pm Meeting Concludes - Thank you for attending!