Friday, 17 June 2022
8:30-8:55 Registration
8:55-9:00 Welcome address
Session 1: Risk Sharing in Firms
Chair: Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
9:00-9:45 Sabrina Howell (New York University)
“Do Cash Windfalls Affect Wages? Evidence from R&D Grants to Small Firms” (joint with J. David Brown) | Slides
Discussant: David Matsa (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) | Slides
9:45-10:30 Michael Sockin (The University of Texas at Austin)
“Variable Pay and Risk Sharing between Firms and Workers” (joint with Jason Sockin) | Slides
Discussant: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS and EIEF) | Slides
10:30-10:50 Coffee break
Session 2: Women’s Careers and Entrepreneurship
Chair: Paige Ouimet (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina)
10:50-11:35 Ting Xu (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
“The Effect of Child Care Access on Women’s Careers and Firm Performance” (joint with Elena Simintzi, and Sheng-Jun Xu)
Discussant: Annalisa Scognamiglio (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF) | Slides
11:35-12:20 Maddalena Ronchi (Bocconi University)
“Early exposure to entrepreneurship and the creation of female entrepreneurs (joint with Mikkel Baggesgaard, and Ronchi Viola Salvestrini) | Slides
Discussant: Camille Hebert (Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto) | Slides
12:20-13:20 Lunch
Session 3: Labor Negotiations and Unemployment
Chair: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS and EIEF)
13:20-14:05 Alessio Piccolo (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University)
“Financial Resilience in Labor Negotiations” (joint with Roberto Pinto) | Slides
Discussant: Elena Simintzi (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina) | Slides
14:05-14:50 Gordon Phillips (Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College)
“Can the Unemployed Borrow? Implications for Public Insurance” (joint with J. Carter Braxton, and Kyle Herkenhoff) | Slides
Discussant: Pat Akey (Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto) | Slides
14:50-15:10 Coffee break
Session 4: Human Capital and Talent Discovery
Chair: David Matsa (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
15:10-15:55 Basil Williams (New York University)
“Incentive Design for Talent Discovery” (joint with Erik Madsen and Andrzej Skrzypacz) | Slides
Discussant: Paolo Fulghieri (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina) | Slides
15:55-16:40 Erik Mayer (Southern Methodist University)
“Can Human Capital Explain Income-based Disparities in Financial Services?” (joint with Ruidi Huang, James S. Linck, and Christopher A. Parsons) | Slides
Discussant: Roberto Pinto (Lancaster University) | Slides
19:30 Dinner
Saturday, 18 June 2022
Session 5: Pay Inequality
Chair: Andrew Ellul (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University)
9:15-10:00 Alexandra Roulet (INSEAD)
“Private Equity and Pay Gaps Inside the Firm” (joint with Lily Fang, and Jim Goldman) | Slides
Discussant: Joacim Tåg (Research Institute of Industrial Economics) | Slides
10:00-10:45 Jan Bena (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
“Owner Culture and Pay Inequality within Firms” (joint with Guangli Lu, and Iris Wang) | Slides
Discussant: Paige Ouimet (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina) | Slides
10:45-11:05 Coffee break
Session 6: Labor Rigidities and Firm Growth
Chair: Annalisa Scognamiglio (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
11:05-11:50 Edoardo Maria Acabbi (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
“The Financial Channels of Labor Rigidities: Evidence from Portugal” (joint with Ettore Panetti and Alessandro Sforza) | Slides
Discussant: Isaac Hacamo (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University) | Slides
11:50-12:35 Julien Sauvagnat (Bocconi University)
“Hiring Difficulties and Firms’ Growth” (joint with Thomas Le Barbanchon and Maddalena Ronchi) | Slides
Discussant: Spyridon Lagaras (Katz Business School, University of Pittsburgh) | Slides
12:35-13:35 Lunch
Allocated time:
Author: 25 minutes
Discussant: 10 minutes
Floor discussion: 10 minutes