Labor studies program meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Brief article - Conference notes

The NBER's Program on Labor Studies, directed by David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, met at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on February 24, 2012. These papers were discussed:

* Mary Daly and Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Theodore Wiles, The Analysis Group, "Aggregate Real Wages: Macro Fluctuations and Micro Drivers"

* John M. Abowd, Cornell University and NBER, and Ian M. Schmutte, University of Georgia, "Endogenous Mobility"

* Johannes Schmieder, Boston University; Till M. von Wachter, Columbia University and NBER; and Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research, "The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Reemployment Wages"

* Gregorio S. Caetano, University of Rochester, and Vikram Maheshri, University of Houston, "School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points"

* Thomas Buser and Hessel Oosterbeek, University of Amsterdam, and Muriel Niederle, Stanford University and...