15th Annual CHCS Employment Conference
The Atlanta Fed's Center for Human Capital Studies will host its 15th annual employment conference on October 1 and 2 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Conference Details
Date: October 1-2, 2026
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1000 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| Thursday, October 1 | |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome Paula Tkac, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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Session 1 Moderator: Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 1:15 |
"Trade, Occupation Sorting, and Inequality" Presenter: Mons Chan, Queen's University Coauthors: Luke Rawling and Ming Xu Discussant: Phillip Gruebener, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2:15 |
"Occupations, Human Capital Accumulation and Inequality" Presenter: Richard Rogerson Coauthors: Andrés Erosa, Luisa Fuster, and Gueorgui Kambourov Discussant: Rosemary Kaiser, Rutgers University |
| 3:15 |
Break |
| 3:45 |
"Job Transformation, Specialization, and the Labor Market Effects of AI" Presenter: Lukas F. Mann, Arizona State University Coauthors: Lukas B. Freund Discussant: Larry Warren, US Census Bureau |
| 4:45 |
"Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market" Presenter: Bryan Seegmiller, Northwestern University Coauthors: Menaka Hampole, Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Lawrence D. W. Schmidt Discussant: Adam Blandin, Vanderbilt University, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 6:00 | Reception and dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta "Firms' Expectations for A.I.: Waiting for Brent Meyer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Friday, October 2 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
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Session 2 Moderator: David Wiczer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| 8:30 |
"Moving to Opportunity, Together" Presenter: Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago Coauthors: Seema Jayachandran, Lea Nassal, Marie Paul, Heather Sarsons, and Elin Sundberg Discussant: John Kennan, University of Wisconsin |
| 9:30 |
"How Do Neighborhoods and Firms Affect Intergenerational Mobility?" Presenter: Jesse Rothstein, University of California–Berkeley Coauthors: David Card and Moises Yi Discussant: Limor Golan, Washington University in St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 |
"Do Firms Hedge Human Capital?" Presenter: Christina Brinkmann, Boston University Co-authors: Stefanie Wolter Discussant: Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Noon |
"Why Do Americans No Longer Work So Much More Than Non-Americans?" Presenter: Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Coauthors: Serdar Birinci and Kurt See Discussant: Bettina Brueggemann, McMaster University |
| 1:00 p.m. | Closing remarks |
| 1:15 | Bag lunch |
Conference organizers
Lei Fang and M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and David Wiczer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York