13th Annual CHCS Employment Conference
The Atlanta Fed's Center for Human Capital Studies will host its 13th annual employment conference on September 26 and 27 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Conference Details
Date: September 26-27, 2024
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1000 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Agenda
Time allotment: 35 minutes presenters, 15 minutes discussants, and 10 minutes Q&A
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| Thursday, September 26 | |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome Paula Tkac, Executive Vice President and Research Director, 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 |
"Labor Shortages and Firm Search" Presenter: Zoe Cullen, Harvard University Coauthors: Mitch Hoffman and Felix Koenig Discussant: Sadhika Bagga, University of Rochester |
| 2:15 |
"Do Workforce Development Programs Bridge the Skills Gap?" Presenter: Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester Coauthors: Eleanor Dillon, Joanna Venator, and Michael Dalton Discussant: Rachel Schuh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 3:15 | Break |
| 3:45 |
"Technology and Labor Displacement: Evidence from Linking Patents with Worker-Level Data" Presenter: Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Coauthors: Leonid Kogan, Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Bryan Seegmiller Discussant: Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 4:45 |
"Within-Firm Pay Inequality and Productivity" |
| 6:00 | Reception and dinner at Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Friday, September 27 | |
| Continental breakfast | |
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Session 2 Moderator: TBD |
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| 8:30 |
"Deadwood Labor? Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection for Older Workers" Presenter: Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley Coauthors: Emmanuel Saez and David G. Seim Discussant: John Bailey Jones, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 9:30 |
"Firm Accommodation After Disability: Labor Market Impacts and Implications for Social Insurance" Presenter: Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison Coauthors: Naoki Aizawa and Stephanie L. Rennane Discussant: Roozbeh Hosseini, University of Georgia |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 |
"Quantifying Racial Disparities Using Consecutive Employment Spell" Presenter: Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University Discussant: Jason Sockin, Cornell University |
| Noon |
"The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences" Presenter: Chris Moser, Columbia University Coauthor: Iacopo Morchio Discussant: Rasmus Lentz, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Closing remarks | |
| 1:15 | Bag lunch |
Conference Organizers
Lei Fang, M. Melinda Pitts, and David Wiczer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta