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The Atlanta Fed's Center for Human Capital Studies will host its 14th annual employment conference on October 16 and 17 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Agenda

Thursday, October 16
Noon	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Welcome Paula Tkac, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
	Session 1 Moderator: Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1:15	"Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Response of Labor Migration to Economic Shocks" Presenter: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan Coauthors: Andrea Foschi, Christopher House, Christian Proebsting Discussant: Carlos Carrillo-Tudelo, University of Essex
2:15	"The Long-term Decline of the U.S. Job Ladder"  Presenter: Niklas Engbom, New York University Coauthors: Aniket Baksy and Daniele Caratelli Discussant: Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:15	Break
3:45	"The Long-Term Effects of Job Search Assistance for Displaced Workers"  Presenter: Marta Lachowska, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Coauthors: Merve Meral and Steve Woodbury Discussant: Pawel Krolikowski, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
4:45	"Revisiting the Employment Effects of the American with Disabilities Act" Presenter: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University Coauthors: J. Lise and E. Pastorino Discussant: Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
6:00	Reception and dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Friday, October 17
8:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast
	Session 2 Moderator: David Wiczer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
8:30	"What Do (Thousands of) Unions Do? Union-Specific Pay Premia and Inequality" Moderator: TBD Presenter: Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University Coauthors: François Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos, and Claire Montialoux Discussant: Aaron Sojouner, W.E. Upjohn Institute
9:30	"Path Dependence in the Labor Market: The Long-run Effects of Early Career Occupational Experience" Presenter: Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University Coauthors: Jesse Bruhn, Jake Fabian, Luke Gallagher, Matthew Gudgeon, and Aaron Phipps Discussant: Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley
10:30	Break
11:00	"Firm Pay and Worker Search"  Presenter:Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley Co-authors: Ingrid Haegele and Jörg Heining Discussant: Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester
Noon	"Firm Premia and Match Effects in Pay vs. Amenities"  Presenter: Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago Coauthors: Anders Humlum and Mette Rasmussen Discussant: Henry Hyatt, US Census Bureau
1:00 p.m.	Closing remarks
1:15	Bag lunch
Conference organizers: Lei Fang, M. Melinda Pitts, and David Wiczer, all of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta