Models of Linked Employer-Employee Data
October 12-13, 2019
New York City

Agenda

A printable final program is available. Any last-minute changes are incorporated only into the online program below.

October 12

7:15 Breakfast

8:00 Opening Remarks

Session 1 New Applications of the AKM Model
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
8:15 - 9:00 Paper 1 Kelly Bedard Sarah Banaa, Maya Rossin-Slater, Jenna Stearnsd Unequal Use of Social Insurance Benefits: The Role of Employers Meghan Skira
9:00 - 9:45 Paper 2 Erling Barth James C Davis, Richard B. Freeman and Kristina McElheran Twisting the Demand Curve? Differential effects of Software on Older and Younger Workers Nicole Fortin
9:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break
Session 2 Econometric Challenges in the Analysis of Linked Data
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
10:15 - 11:00 Paper 3 Stephane Bonhomme Kerstin Holzheu, Thibaut Lamadon, Elena Manresa, Magne Mogstad, and Bradley Setzler How Much Should We Trust Estimates of Firm Effects and Worker Sorting? David Wiczer
11:00 - 11:45 Paper 4 Francis Kramarz Marcus Eliason, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans Social Connections and the Sorting of Workers to Firms Jan Nimczik
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
Session 3 Labor Market Sorting and Matching
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
13:00 - 13:45 Paper 5 Henry Hyatt Leland Crane, Seth Murray Cyclical Labor Market Sorting Rasmus Lentz
13:45 - 14:30 Paper 6 Simon Woodcock The Effect of the Hartz Labor Market Reforms On Post-Unemployment Outcomes, Sorting, and Matching Elena Manresa
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
Session 4 Advances in the Analysis of Linked Data
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
15:00 - 15:45 Paper 7 David Margolis Using Machine Learning to Save Projection Methods for Non-Nested Multi-Level Panel Models Raffaele Saggio
15:45 - 16:30 Paper 8 Kevin McKinney Lars Vilhuber Understanding Worker and Firm Earnings Heterogeneity: A New Approach to Estimating AKM Kurt Lavetti
16:30 - 17:15 Paper 9 Alexandre Mas Marta Lachowska, Raffaele Saggio, and Stephen Woodbury Do Firm Effects Drift? Evidence From Washington Administrative Data Martha Stinson
18:00 Conference Cocktail Reception/ Dinner

October 13

7:15 Breakfast

Session 5 Labor Market Dynamics with Firm and Worker Heterogeneity
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
8:30 - 9:15 Paper 10 Benoit Dostie Daniel Parent, David Card Immigrant Careers and Networks Mitchell Hoffmann
9:15 - 10:00 Paper 11 Andrea Weber Andreas Kostol, Jan Nimcik Job Ladders and Wage Inequality Thomas Lemieux
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 Paper 12 Johannes Schmieder Till von Wachter Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Workers Through the Lens of AKM Sarah Bana
11:15 - 12:00 Paper 13 Patrick Kline Raffaele Saggio, Mikkel Sølvsten It Ain’t Where You’re From, It’s Where You’re at Thibaut Lamadon
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
Session 6 Wage Determination
Presenter Co-authors Paper title Discussant
13:00 - 13:45 Paper 14 John Addison, Pedro Portugal Hugo Vilarese The Sources of the Union Wage Gap: The Role of Worker, Firm, Match, and Job-Title Heterogeneity Henry Farber
13:45 - 14:30 Paper 15 Christian Moser Niklas Engbom Firm Pay Dynamics Douglas Webber
Adjourn

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