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Past Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conferences

Taking place every November, each conference is organized around a particular theme or topic with papers prepared by leading scholars with expertise in the area. 

Participants are united by their interest in the issues discussed and by their belief that analysis, evidence, and informed discussion have lasting effects on the public and its institutions.

 

2024 Conference on Labor Market Dynamics: Drivers and Consequences

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April 26-27, 2024

With a focus on that analyzing the drivers and consequences of labor market dynamics from the perspective of workers and households.

DOWNLOAD The 2024 PROGRAM [PDF]

Day One Conference Sessions

Session I

  • The Alpha Beta Gamma of the Labor Market
    Authors: Victoria Gregory, FRB Saint Louis; Guido Menzio, New York University and NBER; David Wiczer, Stony Brook University
    Discussant: Richard Rogerson, Princeton
  • Occupational Reallocation Within and Across Firms: Implications for Labor-Market Polarization
    Authors: Toshihiko Mukoyama, Georgetown University; Naoki Takayama, Hitotsubashi University; Satoshi Tanaka, University of Queensland
    Discussant: Sergio Salgado, University of Pennsylvania
  • Heterogeneous Job Ladders
    Authors: Katarína Borovičková, FRB Richmond; Claudia Macaluso, FRB Richmond
    Discussant: Gregor Jarosch, Duke

 Session II

  • Joint Search over the Life Cycle
    Authors: Annika Bacher, BI Oslo; Philipp Grübener, Goethe University Frankfurt; Lukas Nord, FRB Minneapolis
    Discussant: Alessandra Fogli, FRB Minneapolis
  • How to Fund Unemployment Insurance with Informality and False Claims: Evidence from Senegal
    Authors: Abdoulaye Ndiaye, New York University; Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota; Abdoulaye Cissé, UC Berkeley
    Discussant: Serdar Birinci, FRB St. Louis

Day Two Conference Sessions

Session III

  • Preventative vs. Curative Medicine: A Macroeconomic Analysis of Health Care over the Life Cycle
    Author: Serdar Ozkan, FRB St. Louis
    Discussant: Svetlana Pashchenko, University of Georgia
  • Shaping Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty: Free College, Better Schools or Generous Transfers?
    Authors: Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania; Alexander Ludwig, Goethe University Frankfurt; Irina Popova, University of Bonn
    Discussant: Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago
  • Time-Averaging and Taxation
    Authors: Hans A. Holter, University of Delaware; Lars Ljungqvist, New York University; Thomas J. Sargent, New York University; Serhiy Stepanchuk, University of Southampton
    Discussant: Richard Blundell, University College London