Heterogeneity in Labor Markets
April 8, 2009
Organizer
- Robert Shimer, University of Chicago
Leading academics gathered to present and discuss recent research evaluating the importance of heterogeneity in workers' skills and the role of uncertainty in the labor market. Scholars explored the determinants of wages, job assignments, and the duration of unemployment spells, and investigated the evolution of income and consumption inequality. During a lunchtime panel discussion, a group of experts discussed the status of current research in labor economics and future challenges.
Program
- Jaap H. Abbring (Tilburg University)
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Identifying Distributional Characteristics in Random Coefficients Panel Data Models
- Stéphane Bonhomme (CEMFI)
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Labor Market Dynamics with Sequential Auctions
- Jean-Marc Robin (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne and University College London)
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An Empirical Model of Wage Dispersion with Sorting
- Rasmus Lentz (University of Wisconsin)
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Unequal We Stand: An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in the United States, 1967-2006
- Gianluca Violante (New York University)
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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy
- Flavio Cunha (University of Pennsylvania)