Micro Macro Labor Economics Conference

Friday, December 1, 2017
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Janet Yellen Conference Center, First Floor
101 Market Street
San Francisco 94105

Welcoming Remarks:
Mary Daly, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

1st Session Chair: Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Worker Mobility and the Diffusion of Knowledge

Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota
Jeremy Lise, University of Minnesota
Guido Menzio, University of Pennsylvania
Gordon Phillips, Dartmouth College

Discussant: Diego Comin, Dartmouth College

The Great Micro Moderation

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University
John Sabelhaus, Federal Reserve Board
Sergio Salgado, University of Minnesota
Jae Song, Social Security Administration

Discussant: David Card, University of California – Berkeley

2nd Session Chair: Régis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Aggregate Effects of Minimum Wage Regulation at the Zero Lower Bound

Andrew Glover, University of Texas – Austin

Discussant: Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago

3rd Session Chair: Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

High Wage Workers Work for High Wage Firms

Katarina Borovickova, New York University
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago

Discussant: Rasmus Lentz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rising Inequality and Trends in Leisure

Timo Boppart, IIES Stockholm University
L. Rachel Ngai, London School of Economics

Discussant: Valerie Ramey, UC San Diego

4th Session Chair: Régis Barnichon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Investment Opportunities and Economic Mobility: Who Benefits From College and the Stock Market?

Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Felicia Ionescu, Federal Reserve Board
Urvi Neelakantan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University

Conference Organizers:

Mary Daly
Rob Valletta
Régis Barnichon
Marianna Kudlyak
Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau