Workshop on

“Labour Markets and the Macroeconomy”

Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and
the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis

 

Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
October 14-15, 2011

 

 

Location: Oakham Lounge - Ryerson University

Here a map of Ryerson University. The Oakham Lounge is at the second floor of the Oakham House.

Directions from the Sheraton to Oakham House here.

Invited speakers:
Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota)
Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario and RCEA)
Richard Rogerson (Princeton University)
Gianluca Violante (New York University)

Organizers:
Vincenzo Caponi (Ryerson University and RCEA);
Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto and RCEA);

Sponsors:
Ryerson University
University of Toronto
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Italy
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Canada

 

PROGRAM: 

Friday, October 14

09:30 – 10:00  Breakfast

10:00 – 11:00  Florian Hoffmann (UBC): “Sectoral Shift, Job Mobility and Wage Inequality.”

11:00 – 12:00  Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster University): “Changes in Tasks, Skills, and Wages: Evidence from PSID: 1968-1999.”

12:00 – 13:30  Lunch

13:30 – 14:30  Gianluca Violante (NYU): “Measuring Mismatch in the US Labor Market.”

14:30 – 15:30  Marco Cozzi (Queen's University): "Risk Aversion Heterogeneity and Wealth Inequality"

15:30 – 16:00  Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00  Lance Lochner (UWO): “Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family.”

17:00 – 18:00  Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota): “Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis.”

19:00               Dinner

Saturday, October 15

9:00 – 09:30    Breakfast

09:30 – 10:30  Ronni Pavan (Rochester): “The Specificity of General Human Capital: Evidence from College Major Choice.”

10:30 – 11:30  Richard Rogerson (Princeton University): “Labor Supply, Frictions and the Business Cycle.”

11:30 – 11:45  Coffee break

11:45 – 12:45  Laura Turner (University of Toronto): “Social Security, Endogenous Retirement and Intrahousehold Cooperation.”

13:00               Lunch

To register email Vincenzo Caponi and indicate if you will attend the dinner on Friday 14th. The registration without dinner is free of charge, with dinner is $60. If registering for the dinner please fill out this form and send it to Melissa Eluik.