Labor Economics Seminar
General Information
This seminar series is jointly sponsored by the Department of Economics and the School of Labor and Employment Relations. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars meet on Fridays from Noon to 1:30pm in the Wagner Education Center, rooms 35 and 43 on the lower level of the LER Building (formerly LIR), 504 East Armory Avenue in Champaign. For additional seminars that may be of interest at the School of LER see http://www.ler.illinois.edu/abouttheschool/LER558.html. Seminars are open to the public.
Upcoming Lectures
See the schedule for the Economics and Policy seminar
| Date | Location | Name | Affiliation | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2013 | ||||
Wed., Jan. 16, 2013 3:30-5:00 Joint with Applied Micro (Note different day) |
317 DKH | Bhash Mazudmer | Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago | TBA |
Fri., April 19, 2013 12:00-1:30 |
317 DKH | Ricardo Perez-Truglia | Harvard | "Social effects in campaign contributions: Evidence from a field experiment in the 2012 US presidential election" |
Past Lectures
| Date | Location | Name | Affiliation | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tues., Nov. 27, 2012 3:30-5:00 (Note different day & time) |
215B DKH | Jason Lindo | University of Oregon | "Economic Downturns and Child Abuse: Implications from Models of Family Labor Supply" |
Mon., Nov. 12, 2012 3:30-5:00 Joint with Development (Note different day/time) |
317 DKH | Seema Jayachandran | Northwestern | "The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers" |
Fri., Nov. 9, 2012 12:00-1:30pm |
35/43 LER | Dongwoo Kim | University of Illinois | The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance |
Thurs., Nov. 8, 2102 3:30-5:00 Joint with Development (Note different day/time) |
219 DKH | Avi Ebenstein | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ''The Long-Run Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy: Evidence from China's Huai River Policy'' |
Fri., Oct. 26, 2012 3:30-5:00 Joint with Econometrics (Note different day/time) |
215 DKH | Luojia Hu | Chicago Fed | Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being: Evidence from India |
Fri., Oct. 5, 2012 12:00-1:30 |
35/43 LER | Aaron Sojourner | University of Minnesota | TBA |
Tues., Sept. 18, 2012 3:30-5:00 Joint with Applied Micro (Note different day/time) |
215B | David Albouy | University of Michigan | Metropolitan Land Values and Housing Productivity |
| Tues, Aug 30, 2011 2pm | 3007 Business Instructional Facility | Gopi Shah Goda | Stanford | What's My Account Really Worth? The Effect of Lifetime Income |
| Fri, Sept 16, 2011 12pm | 35/43 LER | Hilal Atasoy | UIUC | The Effects of Broadband Expansion on Labor Market Outcomes |
| Fri, Sept 30, 2011 12pm | 35/43 LER | Chichun Fang | UIUC | TBA |
| Wed., Oct 26, 2011 5:30-6pm Joint with Development (note time and day) | 119 DKH | Abhijit Banerjee | MIT | The Diffusion of Microfinance |
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:30-12pm Joint with IGPA (note LOCATION and time) |
IGPA, 1007 W. Nevada, Urbana |
Justin Smith | Wilfrid Laurier University | The Long Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education: Evidence From a Failed Policy Experiment |
| Thurs, Nov 3, 2011 3:30-5pm (note location and time) | 126 Wohlers | Sarah Miller | UIUC | The Effect of Insurance on Outpatient Emergency Room Visits: An Analysis of the 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform |
Fri., Nov 11, 2011 12-1:30pm |
209 DKH | Mark Killingsworth | Rutgers University | Does childhood religious education affect adult earnings? Evidence from the National Jewish Population Survey |
Fri., Nov 18, 2011 9-10:30am (note time) |
35/43 LER | Vidisha Vachharajani | UIUC | Prenatal Exposure to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Health Outcomes in India |
Wed, April 20, 2011 Joint with IGPA NOTE Time & Location |
IGPA Giertz Conference Room | Kristine Brown | UIUC | TBA |
| Fri, April 15, 2011 Noon to 1:30pm |
35/43 LER | Darren Lubotsky & Craig Olson | UIUC | "Premium Copayments and the Trade-off between Wages and Employer Provided Health Insurance” |
Fri, April 1, 2011 Joint with IGPA |
35/43 LER | Walter McMahon | UIUC | "Higher Education and Development in the UK and US" |
| Fri, March 4, 2011 Noon to 1:30pm |
35/43 LER | Ron Laschever | UIUC | " Keeping Up with CEO Jones: Benchmarking and Executive Compensation" |
Mon., Feb 28, 2011 3:30pm to 5pm (Joint with the Development Economics Seminar) NOTE Time & Location |
123 DKH | Rafael Perez Ribas | UIUC | "When Conditional Transfer is Not a Novelty: The Impact of Bolsa Família on Labor Market in Brazil" |
| Fri, Feb 25, 2011 Noon to 1:30pm |
35/43 LER | Hilal Atasoy | UIUC | "Broadband Internet Effects on Labor Market Outcomes" |
Fri, Feb 18, 2011 CANCELLED |
35/43 LER | Craig Olson | UIUC | “CEO Pay and Firm Performance: The role of CEO-Firm Match Quality” |
| Fri, Jan 28, 2011 Noon to 1:30pm |
35/43 LER | Sarah Miller | UIUC | “The Effect of Insurance on Outpatient Emergency Room Visits: An Analysis of the 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform” |
| Fri., Dec. 10, 2010 12:00-1:30 | 35/43 LER | John Abowd | Cornell University | "How Important is Endogenous Mobility for Measuring Employer and Employee Heterogeneity?" "Endogenous Mobility"
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Tues., Nov. 16, 2010 joint with CBPP 2:00-3:20 CANCELLED |
3007 BIF | Marcus Casey | Duke University | "Neighbor Preference and the Decision To Move: A Dynamic Approach" |
| Fri., Nov. 12, 2010 12:00-1:30 | 35/43 LER | Craig Olson | University of Illinois | "The Incentive Effects of CEO Stock Option Grants on Firm Value" |
| Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 12:00-1:30 | 35/43 LER | Angelo Mele | University of Illinois | "A Structural Model of Segregation in Social Networks" |
| Fri., Oct. 22, 2010 joint with IGPA 12:30-2:00 (Note Time Change) | 35/43 LER | Finley Edwards | University of Illinois | "Early to Rise: The Effect of Daily Start Times on Academic Performance" |
| Tues., Oct. 19, 2010 joint with CBPP 2:00-3:20 | 3007 BIF | Nicole Maestas | RAND | TBA |
| Fri., Oct. 1, 2010 12:00-1:30 | 35/43 LER | Sarah Miller | University of Illinois | "Risk Factors for Consumer Loan Default: A Censored Quantile Regression Analysis" |
| Tues., Sept. 28, 2010 joint with CBPP 2:00-3:20 | 3007 BIF | Amy Finkelstein | MIT | TBA |
| Fri., Sept. 10, 2010 joint with CBPP 2:00-3:20 | 2041 BIF | Brian Jacob | University of Michigan | TBA |
| Fri., April 2, 2010 | 134 Temple Buel Hall | Colleen Flaherty Manchester | University of Minnesota | "Screening for Commitment: The Effect of Maternity Leave Use on Wages" |
| Fri., March 19, 2010 joint with Public Economics | 35/43 LER | Kevin J. Mumford | Purdue University | "Welfare Stigma Due to Public Disapproval" |
| Fri., Feb. 26, 2010 | 35/42 LER | Jane Leber Herr | University of Chicago | ""Opt-Out" Rates at Motherhood Across High-Education Career Paths: Selection Versus Work Environment" |
| Fri., Feb. 5, 2010 joint w/ IGPA - 10:30 - 12 | IGPA | Susan Dynarski | University of Michigan | "Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance" |
| Fri., Dec. 18, 2009 | 35/34 LER | Chichun Fang | University of Illinois | "Risk and Returns to Education" |
| Fri., Dec. 11, 2009 - 10:30 -12 | IGPA CANCELLED |
James Ziliak | University of Kentucy |
Seminar CANCELLED |
| Tues., Nov. 3, 2009 joint with CBPP - Note Date/time/location | 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. 3007 BIF |
Courtney Coile | Wellesley College | "Recessions, Reeling Markets, and Retiree Well-Being" |
Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 - CANCELLED |
35/43 LER | Jason Dunick | UIUC | |
| Fri., May 1, 2009 -2:30 - 4:00 p.m. --- NOTE TIME | 119 David Kinley Hall | Josh Angrist | MIT | "New Evidence on Autonomy and Decentralization in Public Schools" |
| Fri, April 24, 2009 | 35/42 LER | Kristine Brown and Ron Laschever |
UIUC |
"When They're Sixty-Four: Peer Effects and the Timing of Retirement" |
| Fri., April 17, 2009 -joint Departmental - 3:30 p.m. |
123 David Kinley Hall |
Dale Mortensen | Northwestern University | "Wage Dispersion in the Search and Matching Model with Intra-Firm Bargaining" |
| Fri., April 10, 2009 | Chichun Fang and John Dencker | Labor & Emp. Relations at UIUC | "Corporate Restructuring, Wage Patterns , and Inequality within a Firm" | |
| Fri., April 3, 2009 | 35/43 LER | Marcus Casey | UIUC & Duke University | "Race in Housing Markets: Evidence from Transactions Data" |
| Tues., March 17 - joint w/Development/CBPP 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. | 243 Wohlers Hall | Giovanni Peri | University of California-Davis | "The Causes and Effects of International Migrations: Evidence from OECD Countries 1980-2005" |
| Fri., March 13 | 34/43 LER | Ethan Cohen-Cole | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | "Understanding Bankruptcy" |
| Fri., March 6, 2009 | Eric Neuman | School of Business at UIUC | "Public Policy and Entrepreneurship: The Development of Competitive Local Telephone Service Industry" | |
| Fri. February 27, 2009 joint w/College of Business CANCELLED | Timothy Vogus | Vanderbilt University | CANCELLED | |
| Fri., February 13, 2009 | Ruby Mendenhall | Dept. of Sociology, UIUC | TBA | |
| Fri., January 30, 2009 | Elizabeth Gorman | University of Virginia | ||
| Fri., January 23, 2009 | Kim Wade-Benzoni | Duke University | "Legacies, Immortality, and the Future: The Psychology and Intergenerational Decisions" | |
Fri., November 21, 2008 (Joint with Applied Micro) |
Wagner Educatin Center LER | Soohyung Lee | University of Maryland | "Preferences and Choice Constraints in Martial Sorting: Evidence from Korea" |
| Fri, November 7, 2008 | Wagner Education Center (LER) | Jason Shaw | University of Minnesota | "Employee-organziation Exchange relationships, HRM Practices, and Quit Rates of Good and Poor Performers" |
| Fri., Oct. 31, 2008 | Marianne Bitler | University of California-Irvine | "Effects of Increased Access to Infertility Treatment on Infant and Child Health: Evidence from Health Insurance Mandates" | |
| Fri., October 17, 2008 | Rich Trumka | AFL-CIO | TBA | |
| Fri., October 10, 2008 | Adam Stevenson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | "Admissions Policy and the Male-Female Gap in Post-Baccalaureate School Quality" | |
| Fri., October 3, 2008 | Ki-wook Kwon | Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | "High Performance Work Systems and Firm Performance: Focusing on High Performer Turnover" | |
*Tu. September 30, 2008 (Joint with CBPP) |
3007 BIF | Mel Stephens | Carbegie Mellon University | "Can Governments Help Households Smooth Consumption? Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits" |
| Fri., September 19, 2008 | 35/43 LER | Sergey Popov | University of Illinois | "Fraternities and Labor Market Outcomes" |
*Tu. September 16, 2008 (Joint w/ Development) |
223 David Kinley Hall |
Andy Foster | Brown University | "Do Voluntary Pollution Reduction Programs Help Reduce Pollution Levels? Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry Program" |
| *Tu. September 9, 2008 (Time change: 11 - 12:30 - 133A LER) formerly LIR | Rebecca Givan | Cornell University | "The Public and Private Politics of Healthcare Employment: Rethinking the UK-US Comparison" | |
| Fri., August 29, 2008 | David Goldberg | University of Illinois | Not Your Grandmother's Genetic Algorithm | |
| April 25, 2008 | Chris Taber | Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin | "Displacement, Asymmetric Information and Heterogeneous Human Capital" Joint with the Department of Economics, 3:30 to 5:00PM, 123 David Kinley Hall | |
| April 23, 2008 | Debopam Bhattacharya | Department of Economics, Dartmouth University | "Inferring Optimal Resource Allocation from Experimental Data" Joint with the Econometrics Seminar, 2:00 to 3:30PM, ILIR room 133A | |
| April 18, 2008 | Joel Slemrod | School of Business and Department of Economics, University of Michigan | "Tax Policy Issues" 3:30 to 5:00PM, Room 241 Wohlers Hall | |
| April 15, 2008 | Marianne Bertrand | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | "Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India" Joint with the Development Economics Seminar, 4:00 to 5:30PM, 219 David Kinley Hall | |
| April 2, 2008 | John Budd | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | "Unionism Over the Life Cycle: First-Timers and the Never-Unionized in a Cohort of the U.S. Labor Force" 3:30 to 5:00PM, ILIR room 133A | |
| March 14, 2008 | Paul Oyer | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | "Personnel-Economic Geography: Evidence from Large US Law Firms" | |
| March 28, 2008 | Bing Bai | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "The Impact of National Culture on High Performance Work Practices in U.S. Multinational Corporations Affiliates Using House's Cultural Scales" | |
| March 7, 2008 | Michael Lovenheim | Stanford University | "The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Education Production: Evidence from Union Election Certifications in Three Midwestern States" | |
| February 8, 2008 | Kevin Hallock | ILR School, Cornell University | "The Geography of Giving: The Effect of Corporate Headquarters on Local Charities" 10:00 to 11:30AM | |
| February 1, 2008 | Monica Bielski Boris | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "Community Labor United: Social Movement Unionism In Boston" | |
| January 25, 2008 | Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "Rethinking Labor and Employment Relations in the 21st Century: Presentation and Dialogue" | |
| November 30, 2007 | Ofer Malamud | University of Chicago | "The Impact of College Education on Geographic Mobility: Evidence from the Vietnam Generation" | |
| November 27, 2007 | Ji-Young Ahn | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "Does Stock-Based Pay Attenuate Destructive Competition among Top Executives?" 9:30AM to 10:30AM, LIR room 43. | |
| November 9, 2007 | Helena Worthen | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "The AFSCME Family Scholarships: Children look at their parents' lives in the union" | |
| October 26, 2007 | Niti Pandey | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "Who Prefers What Benefits? Examining the Impact of Demographic Characteristics on Employees' Benefits Preferences: The Study of a U.S. Manufacturing Corporation" | |
| October 12, 2007 | Angus Deaton | Princeton University | "Child Mortality, Income, and Adult Height" | |
| October 11, 2007 | Angus Deaton | Princeton University | "Health and Wellbeing around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll" 4:30 to 6:00PM, 134 Temple Buell Hall | |
| October 5, 2007 | Greg Northcraft | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and College of Business, UIUC | "How to Write a CHRM Proposal" | |
| September 28, 2007 | Elizabeth Powers | Department of Economics and Institute of Government and Public Affairs, UIUC | "The Long-Term Care Workforce Retention Crisis: Causes and Consequences of Frontline Worker Turnover" | |
| August 31, 2007 | John Dencker | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, UIUC | "Corporate Restructuring and Sex Differences in Managerial Promotion" |