Industrial Relations Section/Labor Economics Seminar - Fall 1997

September 17

Helen Levy, Princeton University
"Who Pays for Health Insurance? Employee Contributions to Health Insurance Premiums"

September 24

Michael Greenstone, Princeton University
"The Marginal Effects of Clean Air Regulations: Jobs Versus Air Pollution"

October 1

Gordon Dahl, Princeton University
"Mobility and the Return to Education: Testing a Roy Model with Multiple Markets"

October 8

Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick
"A Conjecture On The Explanation For High Unemployment In The Industrialized Nations: Part I"

October 15

Lisa Barrow, Princeton University
"School Choice Through Relocation: Evidence from the Washington, DC Area"

October 22

Andrew Leventis, Princeton University
"Cardiac Surgeons Under Scrutiny: A Testable Patient-Selection Model"

October 29

NO SEMINAR, MIDTERM BREAK

November 5

Professor David Figlio, University of Oregon
(joint with Research Program in Development Studies) "The Local Government Response to Tax Limitation Measures: Representation or Manipulation?"

November 12

Professor Arie Kapten, Tillburg University
"The Myth of Worksharing"

November 19

Professor Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston
"Labor Market Dropouts, Selection Bias, and Trends in Black and White Male Wages"

November 26

THANKSGIVING

December 3

Professor Joseph Altonji, Northwestern University
"Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination" (with Charles Pierret, Bureau of Labor Statistics)

December 10

Professor Alan Krueger, Princeton Universsity
"Re-Examining the Effect of the New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase on Employment" (with Professor David Card, UC-Berkeley)