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.