Education, Labor Market Outcomes, and Inequality
November 30 – December 1, 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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This conference will feature frontier research on education and labor markets. It will focus on how human capital development prior to entering the labor market affects the short-run and the long-run outcomes of individuals and groups. The presentations and discussions will provide insights into the sources of inequality and implications for labor market outcomes.
Program organizers are Katarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Anusha Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Event Details
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Event Agenda
Thursday, November 30 |
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. CT |
Lunch |
| 1:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT |
Opening remarksAndrea Raffo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. CT |
Racial and Gender Differences in School-College-Career PathsKatarína Borovičková, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Alessia Leibert, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development; Anusha Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (presenter) |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT |
Complementarities in High School and College InvestmentsJohn Eric Humphries, Yale University; Juanna Schrøter Joensen, University of Chicago (presenter); Gregory F. Veramendi, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
Coffee break |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. CT |
The Returns to College Major Choice: Average and Distributional Effects, Career Trajectories, and Earnings VariabilityRodney J. Andrews, University of Texas at Dallas; Scott A. Imberman, Michigan State University; Michael F. Lovenheim, Cornell University; Kevin Stange, University of Michigan (presenter) |
| 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT |
Labor Market Returns to Personality: A Job Search Approach to Understanding Gender GapsChristopher Flinn, New York University (presenter); Petra E. Todd, University of Pennsylvania; Weilong Zhang, University of Cambridge |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CT |
Dinner |
Friday, December 1 |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. CT |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. CT |
Sorting of Students into Colleges: Inefficiencies and Policy ImplicationsLutz Hendricks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Oksana Leukhina, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (presenter); Tatyana Koreshkova, Concordia University |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CT |
College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information RevelationPeter Arcidiacono, Duke University; Esteban Aucejo, Arizona State University (presenter); Arnaud Maurel, Duke University; Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CT |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CT |
It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer EffectsFrancesco Agostinelli, University of Pennsylvania (presenter); Matthias Doepke, London School of Economics; Giuseppe Sorrenti, University of Amsterdam; Fabrizio Zilibotti, Yale University |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CT |
A Case for Subsidizing Child CareMatthew Wiswall, University of Wisconsin-Madison (presenter) |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. CT |
Adjourn |
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