October 18–19, 2012
Organizers
- Mark Aguiar, Princeton University
- Erik Hurst, University of Chicago
- Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Chicago
- Randy Wright, University of Wisconsin
Schedule
Thursday, October 18th
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Conference Lunch |
| 1:20–1:30 pm | Opening Remarks Gary Becker |
| 1:30–2:30 pm | “Manufacturing Busts, Housing Booms, and Declining Employment: A Structural Explanation” Kerwin Charles, Erik Hurst, and Matt Notowidigdo Discussant: Tom Lemieux |
| 2:30–3:30 pm | “The Trend is the Cycle: Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries” Nir Jaimovich and Henry Sui Discussant: Rob Shimer |
| 4:00–5:00 pm | “Technology and the changing family: A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married female labor force participation” Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Gerogi Kocharkov, and Cezar Santos Discussant: Gary Becker |
Friday, October 19th
| 9:00–9:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30–13:00 am | “Retirement, Home Production, and Labor Supply Elasticities” Richard Rogerson and Johanna Wallenius Discussant: Gianluca Violante |
| 10:30–11:30 am | “Home Production and Social Security Reform” Michael Dotsey, Wenli Li, and Fang Yang Discussant: Loukas Karabarbounis |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | “Consumption Inequality and Family Labor Supply” Richard Blundell, Luigi Pistaferri, and Ita Saporta-Eksten Discussant: Mark Aguiar |
| 1:00–2:00 pm | Conference Lunch |
| 2:00–3:00 pm | “Marriage and Housework” Martin Browning and Almudena Sevilla Sanz Discussant: TBD |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | “Marriage, Markets, and Money: A Coasian Theory of Household Formation” Kenneth Burdett, Mei Dong, Ling Sun, and Randy Wright Discussant: Raquel Fernandez |