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2018 MIPP
Workshop Program
in Macroeconomics
Day 1. Monday, November 5th, 2018
9:00 – 9:15. Reception.
9:15 -10:15. Burhanettin Kuruscu (U. of Toronto) “Bank Balance Sheets and
Boom-Bust Cycles”
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45. Alessandra Pizzo (U. de Chile) “Inequality, Selection, and
Efficiency in Labor Markets”
11:45 -12:45. Víctor Rios-Rull (U. Penn) “On the joint distribution of earnings
and wealth”
12:45 - 14:00. Lunch by invitation.
14:00 - 15:00. Elton Dusha (Diego Portales U.) “ Reputational Concerns in
Directed Search Markets with Adverse Selection”
15:00 - 15:30. Coffee Break.
15:30 - 16:30. Henry Siu (U. of British Columbia) “The "End of Men" and Rise
of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market”
16:30 - 17:30. Benjamín Villena-Roldán (U. de Chile) “Deconstructing Job
Search Behavior”
20:00 Dinner by invitation.
Day 2. Tuesday: November 6th, 2018
9:00 – 9:15. Reception
9:15 -10:15. Katarina Borovickova (New York U.) “Risk Premia and
Unemployment Fluctuations”
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45. Carlos Pérez (Diego Portales U.) “Inflation in a Banking Model”
11:45 -12:45. Dean Corbae (U. of Wisconsin Madison) “Employer Credit
Checks: Poverty Traps versus Matching Efficiency”
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch by invitation.
14:00 - 15:00. Mauricio Tejada (Alberto Hurtado U.) “Labor Market Search,
Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation”
15:00 - 15:30. Coffee Break.
15:30 - 16:30. Ben Lester (Philadelphia Fed) “Job Referrals and Hiring
Frictions”
Organizers: Elton Dusha and Benjamín Villena-Roldán
Venue: Beauchef 851, East Building, 4th Floor, Sala de Consejo