The Atlanta Fed's Center for Human Capital Studies will host its second annual conference September 29–30, 2011. The theme is "Employment and Education" with a focus on the role that education can play in the current employment environment.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Welcome and opening remarks
Dennis P. Lockhart, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Melinda Pitts*, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Session 1
Moderator
Melinda Pitts*, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"Occupational Tasks and Changes in the Wage Structure" 
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia
Coauthors
Sergio Firpo, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV
Nicole M. Fortin, University of British Columbia
Discussant
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
"Measuring Mismatch in the U.S. Labor Market"
Giovanni Violante, New York University
Coauthors
Ayşegül Şahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Joseph Song, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and IZA
Discussant
Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
"The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?"
David Deming, Harvard University
Coauthors
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University
Larry Katz, Harvard University
Discussant
Chris Foote, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
"The Impact of Postsecondary Remediation using a Regression Discontinuity Approach: Addressing Endogenous Sorting and Noncompliance"
Bridget Terry Long, Harvard University
Coauthor
Juan Carlos Calcagno, Community College Research Center (CCRC), Teachers College, Columbia University
Discussant
Larry Singell, Indiana University
Dinner
Speaker
"On the Value of Post-secondary Education"
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University
Friday, September 30, 2011
Session 2
Moderator
David Frisvold*, Emory University
"The Impact of the Great Migration on the Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South"
Dan Black, University of Chicago
Coauthors
Seth G. Sanders, Duke University
Evan J. Taylor, University of Michigan
Lowell J. Taylor, Carnegie Mellon and NORC
Discussant
Tim Sass, Georgia State University
"Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion"
Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan
Coauthors
Joshua Hyman, University of Michigan
Diane Whitmore, Northwestern University
Discussant
Lisa Kahn, Yale University
"The Labor Market Returns to a Private Two-Year College Education"
Stephanie Cellini, George Washington University
Coauthor
Latika Chaudhary, Scripps College
Discussant
Rob Valetta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Lunch
Speaker
"Community Colleges during Periods of Economic Crisis: Miami Dade College a Case in Point"
Rolando Montoya, College Provost, Miami Dade College
[Presentation]
"Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments: High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers"
Joseph Altonji, Yale University
Coauthors
Erica Blum, Yale University
Costis Meghir, Yale University
Discussant
Bob Triest, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Roundtable discussion
Moderator
Richard Rogerson*, Princeton University