Monday, September 18


8:00am-9:00amRegistration
 
9:00am-9:15amWelcome:
President Michael H. Moskow , Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Associate Director Thomas L. Mesenbourg, U.S. Census Bureau
 
9:15am-9:30amBreak
 
9:30am-11:00amSession 1
 
Illinois 1Session 1aProductivity Measurement
Illinois 2Session 1bWorker Turnover
Illinois 3Session 1cIncentive Pay and Firms
Illinois 4Session 1dEmerging Economies
 
11:00am-11:15amBreak
 
11:15am-12:45pmSession 2
 
Illinois 1Session 2aFirm Investment Decisions and Credit Constraints
Illinois 2Session 2bR&D and Innovation
Illinois 3Session 2cEmployment Contracts
Illinois 4Session 2dMeasurement
 
12:45pm-1:45pmLunch
 
1:45pm-3:15pmSession 3
 
Illinois 1Session 3aThe Impact of Global Engagement on Firm Performance
Illinois 2Session 3bEntry and Exit
Illinois 3Session 3cOutsourcing
Illinois 4Session 3dDynamics of Firm Wages
Michigan Session 3eLabor Market Regulations - International Comparisons
 
3:15pm-3:30pmBreak
 
3:30pm-4:30pmSession 4
 
Illinois 1Session 4aEmployment Dynamics
Illinois 2Session 4bImport Competition and Firm Behavior
Illinois 3Session 4cThe Impact of Environmental Regulation
Illinois 4Session 4dProductivity and Firm Selection
12th FloorCAED Executive Committee Meeting
 
4:30pm-4:45pmBreak
 
4:45pm-5:45pmKeynote: Professor James J. Heckman, University of Chicago and NBER

Tuesday, September 19


8:30am-9:00amBreak
 
9:00am-10:30amSession 5
 
Illinois 1Session 5aJob Mobility
Illinois 2Session 5bEntrepreneurship
Illinois 3Session 5cOrganizational Capital and ICT
Michigan Session 5dMicro Data Disclosure Techniques
 
10:30am-10:45amBreak
 
10:45am-12:15pmSession 6
 
Illinois 1Session 6aDynamics of Young Firms
Illinois 2Session 6bLabor Markets and Older Workers
Illinois 3Session 6cMultinationals
Michigan Session 6dAllocation of Skills and Capital
 
12:15pm-1:15pmLunch
 
1:15pm-2:45pmSession 7
 
Illinois 1Session 7aThe Importance of Chains - Evidence from the Retail Sector
Illinois 2Session 7bGovernment Regulations and Markets
Illinois 3Session 7cWithin-Firm Wage Distributions
Michigan Session 7dFirm Size
 
2:45pm-3:00pmBreak
 
3:00pm-4:00pmSession 8
 
Illinois 1Session 8aMultinationals and the Home Market
Illinois 2Session 8bThe Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Illinois 3Session 8cInternational Trade and Wage Premia
Michigan Session 8dProductivity Growth - International Comparisons
 
4:00pm-4:15pmBreak
 
4:15pm-5:15pmKeynote: Professor Francis Kramarz, Ecole Polytechnique and Crest-Insee