Labor in the New Economy Conference

Sponsored by the NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Katharine Abraham, Michael Harper, and James Spletzer, Organizers

November 16-17, 2007

Hyatt Regency Hotel

One Bethesda Metro Center

Bethesda, MD

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday, November 16:

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Wages, Benefits, and Compensation

Chair:TBA

9:00 am

What Do We Really Know About Changes in Wage Inequality?
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER

Discussant:  Lawrence Katz, Harvard University and NBER

9:45 am

Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality
Brooks Pierce, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Daniel Hamermesh, University of Texas and NBER

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Are the New Jobs Good Jobs?
Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Erica Groshen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

11:30 am

New Data for Answering Old Questions about Employee Stock Options
Kevin Hallock, Cornell University and NBER
Craig Olson, University of Illinois

Discussant:  Chris Riddell, Queen’s University

12:15 pm

Lunch 

Labor Market Structure

Chair:Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis

1:30 pm

Adjusted Estimates of Worker Flows and Job Openings in JOLTS
Steven Davis, University of Chicago and NBER
Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Ian Rucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Robert Hall, Stanford University and NBER

2:15 pm

Labor Market Flows Then and Now: Long-Term Change in Firm Demography and Labor Market Outcomes
Susan Carter, UC, Riverside
Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Javier Miranda, U.S. Census Bureau
Richard Sutch, UC, Riverside and NBER

Discussant:  Timothy Dunne, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Measuring Tradable Services and the Task Content of Offshorable Services Jobs
J. Bradford Jensen, Georgetown University
Lori Kletzer, UC, Santa Cruz

Discussant:  Susan Collins, University of Michigan and NBER

4:00 pm

The Effect of Population Aging on the Aggregate Labor Market
Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board
Charles Fleischman, Federal Reserve Board
Jonathan Pingle, Brevan Howard

Discussant:  Gary Burtless, Brookings Institution 

4:45 pm

Adjourn

5:00 pm

CRIW Members’ Meeting

6:30 pm

Dinner for Authors and Discussants, Tragara Restaurant

Saturday, November 17:

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

The Employment Relationship

Chair:William Wascher, Federal Reserve Board

9:00 am

How Much Do People Really Work in the New Economy?
Harley Frazis, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Charlie Brown, University of Michigan

9:45 am

What Do We Know About Contracting Out in the United States?
Matt Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Emerging Labor Market Trends and Workplace Safety and Health
Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
John Ruser, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Jeff Biddle, Michigan State University

11:30 am

Lunch

Labor Inputs

Chair:TBA

12:30 pm

Job Attachment and Job Security
Henry Farber, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:  Ann Huff Stevens, UC, Davis and NBER 

1:15 pm

Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies
Cindy Zoghi, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:  Stephanie Aaronson, Federal Reserve Board

2:00 pm

Adjourn