Labor in the New Economy

Sponsored by the NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

 

Katharine Abraham, Organizer

 

Pre-Conference: May 17, 2007

 

University of Maryland

1208 LeFrak Hall

College Park, MD

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

Labor Inputs

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Demographic Shifts and the Labor Market: How the Graying of the Baby Boom Affects Labor Market Statistics

 

Bruce Fallick, Charles Fleischmann, and Jonathan Pingle, Federal Reserve Board

 

 

9:30 am

Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies

 

Cindy Zoghi, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

10:00 am

Break

 

 

Labor Market Structure

 

 

10:15 am

Labor Market Flows Then and Now: Long-Term Change in Firm Demography and Labor Market Outcomes

 

Susan Carter, UC, Riverside
Ron Jarmin and Javier Miranda, U.S. Census Bureau
Richard Sutch, UC, Riverside and NBER

 

 

10:45 am

Job Attachment and Job Security

 

Henry Farber, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

11:15 am

Globalization and the Effects of Offshoring on Workers and Employers

 

Lori Kletzer, UC, Santa Cruz

 

 

11:45 am

Labor Market Dynamics

 

Steven Davis, University of Chicago and NBER
Jason Faberman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

 

 

12:15 pm

Lunch

 

 

Wages, Benefits, and Compensation

 

 

1:15 pm

What Do We Really Know About Changes in Wage Inequality?

 

Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia and NBER

 

 

1:45 pm

Incentives, Stock Options, and Pay Mix

 

Kevin Hallock, Cornell University and NBER
Craig Olson, University of Illinois

 

 

2:15 pm

Recent Trends in Compensation Inequality

 

Brooks Pierce, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

2:45 pm

Are the New Jobs Good Jobs?

 

Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

3:15 pm

Break

 

 

The Employment Relationship

 

 

3:30 pm

How Much Do People Really Work in the New Economy?

 

Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

4:00 pm

What Do We Know About Contracting Out in the United States?

 

Matthew Dey and Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute

 

 

4:30 pm

Emerging Labor Market Trends and Workplace Safety and Health

 

Nicole Nestoriak and John Ruser, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

5:00 pm

Adjourn



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