Labor Markets and the Business Cycle in the Aftermath of the Great Recession

Friday, November 16, 2012 
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Continental Breakfast

“The Trend is the Cycle: Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries” 
Henry Siu, U. of British Columbia (joint with Nir Jaimovich)

Discussants: 
Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
Chris Taber, University of Wisconsin

Coffee Break

“The Labor Market Four Years Into the Crisis: Assessing Structural Explanations” 
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley

Discussants: 
Dan Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 
John Kennan, University of Wisconsin

Lunch

“Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty”
Steve Davis, University of Chicago (joint with Scott Baker and Nicholas Bloom)

Discussants: 
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania 
Eric Sims, Notre Dame University

Coffee Break

“Gross Worker Flows Over the Business Cycle” 
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University (joint with Per Krusell, Toshihiko Mukoyama, and Aysegul Sahin)

Discussants: Gadi Barlevy, Northwestern University and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 
Mike Elsby, University of Edinburgh

Adjourn