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3/20/2014
The Affordable Care Act and the Labor Market
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois hosted a conference that brings together recent original research on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on various aspects of the American labor market, including effects on labor supply, wages and job mobility. The conference featured a panel discussion with David Card (Class of 1950 Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the University of California, Berkeley) and Jonathan Gruber (Professor in the Department of Economics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Friday, 03/21/14
7:45 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Christopher Mooney, Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
8:30 AM
Session 1
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University
Tal Gross, Columbia University
Matthew Notowidigdo, University of Chicago
Laura Dague, Texas A&M
Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University
Lindsey Leininger, University of Illinois-Chicago
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Session 2
Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago
Rong Hai, University of Chicago
11:45 AM
Lunch
12:45 PM
Session 3
Jonathan Kolstad, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Kowalski, Yale University
Bradley Heim, Indiana University
Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Moderated Panel
Moderator
Daniel G. Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Panelists
David Card, University of California, Berkeley
Jon Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:00 PM
Adjourn
