The Micro and Macro Foundations of Labor Markets Conference, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago, was held on April 25-26, 2025. This conference aimed to convene labor and macro economists working on labor market issues from empirical, quantitative, and theoretical perspectives.
PHOTOS
Agenda
Friday, April 25, 2025
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Registration & Lunch
12:30 pm–1:30 pm
The Human Capital Production Function: New Estimates and Implications for Optimal Tax Policy
Michael Keane, Johns Hopkins University
1:30 pm–2:00 pm
Break
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Robinson Meets Roy: Monopsony Power and Comparative Advantage
Mark Bils, University of Rochester
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Individual Wage Dynamics, Continuous Firm Types and Path Dependence
Jean-Marc Robin, Sciences Po
4:30 pm–5:00 pm
Break
5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Assortative Matching and Wages: The Role of Selection
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago
7:00 pm
Conference Dinner
By invitation only.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
8:30 am–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am–10:00 am
Identification and Estimation of Continuous-Time Job Search Models with Preference Shocks
Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University
10:00 am–10:30 am
Break
10:30 am–11:30 am
Marriage Dynamics, Earnings Dynamics, and Lifetime Family Income
Joseph Altonji, Yale University
11:30 am–12:00 pm
Break
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
A Theory of How Workers Keep Up With Inflation
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago
1:00 pm–1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm