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2012 Research Data Center Annual Conference

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The 2012 Census Research Data Center (RDC) Conference will showcase research from the nationwide network of RDCs – including research using demographic, business, and linked employee-employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as health data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The Census RDC performs statistical analyses on non-public versions of data from these government agencies.

Call for Papers

The Chicago Census Research Data Center welcomes proposals to present papers based on current or recent RDC research. The conference will showcase research from the nationwide network of RDCs – including research using demographic, business, and linked employee-employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as health data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). RDC research performs statistical analyses on non-public versions of data from these government agencies. We are planning a day of concurrent paper sessions, a keynote presentation, and a poster session. Read more...

09/20/12
8:30 AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:30 AM
Welcome (Auditorium — Third Floor)

Coffee available outside until 10:00 a.m. session.

Introduction

Bhash Mazumder,  Executive Director, Chicago Census Research Data Center and Senior Economist,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Speaker

Gale Boyd,  Executive Director,  Triangle Census Research Data Center and Senior Research Scholar, Duke University

10:00 AM
Concurrent Paper Session 1
Firms and Productivity (Auditorium — Third Floor)
  • Are Management Practices a Source of Energy Efficiency? Examination of the U.S. Experience

Gale Boyd,  Duke University

Mark Curtis,  Georgia State University

  • Materials Prices and Productivity

Enghin Atalay,  University of Chicago

  • Micro Data and the Macro Elasticity of Substitution

Ezra Oberfield,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Devesh Raval,  Amazon.com

 
Concurrent Paper Session 1
International Topics (Michigan Room — Third Floor)
  • RDC-in-RDC: A New Approach to International Data Sharing

Margaret C. Levenstein,  University of Michigan

Daniela Hochfellner,  University of Michigan, Institute for Employment Research

  • Gains from Offshore Outsourcing? Evidence from New U.S. Microdata

Ryan Monarch,  University of Michigan

Jooyoun Park,  Kent State University

Jagadeesh Sivadasan,  University of Michigan

  • Trading Plans and Volatility

Christopher Kurz,  Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Mine Senses,  John Hopkins University

 
Concurrent Paper Session 1
Labor Supply of Older Workers and Women (Seminar Room — Eleventh Floor)
  • Income Effects in Labor Supply: Evidence from Child-Related Tax Benefits

Philippe Wingender,  International Monetary Fund

Sara LaLumia,  Williams College

  • Workplace Characteristics and Employment of Older Workers

Chinhui Juhn,  University of Houston

Kristin McCue,  U.S. Census Bureau

  • Holding Out or Opting Out? Retirement Claiming and Disability Application in a Recession

Matthew Rutledge,  Boston College

11:30 AM
Lunch and Keynote

Keynote Speaker

Chad Syverson,  University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

1:00 PM
Concurrent Paper Session 2
Topics in Labor Economics (Auditorium — Third Floor)
  • Testing for Wage Discrimination in U.S. Manufacturing

Joyce Burnette,  Wabash College

  • Patterns in Intragenerational Earnings Mobility in the United States

Bhash Mazumder,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Jonathan Davis,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  • Job-to-Job Flows and the Business Cycle

Henry Hyatt,  U.S. Census Bureau

Erika McEntarfer,  U.S. Census Bureau

 
Concurrent Paper Session 2
Health Topics (Michigan Room — Third Floor)
  • The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on the Provision of Employer-Sponsored Fringe Benefits

Kosali Simon,  Indiana University

Jessica Vistnes,  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Price and Consumption of Carbonated Soft Drinks by Age and Socioeconomic Status

Roy Wada,  University of Illinois at Chicago

Euna Han,  Gachon University

Lisa Powell,  University of Illinois at Chicago

  • What is the Long-term Impact of SSI Receipt on Zebley Kids?

Norma Coe,  Boston College

Matthew Rutledge,  Boston College

 
Concurrent Paper Session 2
Measurement Issues in Demographic Data (Seminar Room — Eleventh Floor)
  • Intergenerational Transmission of Race, 1970-2010

Carolyn A. Liebler,  University of Minnesota

Marie DeRousse-Wu,  University of Minnesota

  • The Sensitivity of Pareto Distribution-Based Estimates of Top Earnings in the Public-Use Current Population Survey to Choice of Cutoff Point

Phil Armour,  Cornell University

Richard Burkhauser,  Cornell University and University of Melbourne

Jeff Larrimore,  U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation

  • Missclassification in Binary Choice Models

Bruce Meyer,  University of Chicago

Nikolas Mittag,  University of Chicago

2:30 PM
Break

Snacks provided.

3:00 PM
Concurrent Paper Session 3
Spatial and Regional Issues (Auditorium — Third Floor)
  • Declining Migration within the U.S.: The Role of the Labor Market

Raven Molloy,  Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Christopher L. Smith,  Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Abigail Wozniak,  University of Notre Dame

  • The Geography of Lost Opportunity: Where are America’s Opportunity Youth?

Jeremy Bray,  RTI International

Dorren McMahon,  University College Dublin

Brooks Depro,  RTI International

Lee Mobley,  Arizona State University

 
Concurrent Paper Session 3
Education Topics (Michigan Room — Third Floor)
  • The Impact of a Mother's Decision to Work on the Development of a Child's Human Capital

Martha Stinson,  U.S. Census Bureau

  • Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance

Susan Dynarski,  University of Michigan

Jonathan Gruber,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Danielle Li,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
Concurrent Paper Session 3
Financial Institutions/Bankruptcy (Seminar Room — Eleventh Floor)
  • Traditional and Non-traditional Financial Institutions in Rural America: 1976-2007

T. Lynn Riggs,  Baylor University

Charles M. Tolbert,  Baylor University

F. Carson Mencken,  Baylor University

Jing Li,  Baylor University

  • Human Capital Loss in Corporate Bankruptcy

John Graham,  Duke University

Hyunseob Kim,  Cornell University

Si Li,  Wilfrid Laurier

Jiaping Qiu,  McMaster University

 

Last Updated: 08/24/2012

 
Event Information
Date
09/20/12
Registration Deadline
Monday, September 17, 2012
Location

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Third Floor Conference Center
230 S LaSalle St
Chicago, IL 60604

Fee:
$0