New York/Philadelphia Workshop on Quantitative Macroeconomics

Friday, May 11

9:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

10:00 a.m.

The Effect of Quits on Worker Recruitment: Theory and Evidence
Jason Faberman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eva Nagypal, Northwestern University
Discussant: Shigeru Fujita, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:15 a.m.

Redistributive Shocks and Productivity Shocks
Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, University of Pennsylvania
Raus Santeeulalia-Llopis, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Mark Huggett, Georgetown University

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Labor Market Matching with Precautionary Savings and Aggregate Fluctuations
Per Krusell, Princeton University
Toshihiko Mukoyama, University of Virginia
Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania

2:15 p.m.

Coffee Break

2:30 p.m.

Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation over a Century
Raquel Fernandez, New York University
Discussant: John Knowles, University of Pennsylvania

3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:45 p.m.

Nature or Nurture? Learning and Female Labor Force Dynamics
Alessandra Fogli, New York University Stern School of Business
Laura Veldkamp, New York University Stern School of Business
Discussant: Stefania Albanesi, Columbia University

4:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

5:00 p.m.

Inflation and Unemployment in General Equilibrium
Guillaume Rocheteau, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Peter Rupert, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Randy Wright, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Todd Keister, Federal Reserve Bank of New York