Schedule
December 19th, Casona de las Condes Campus, UNAB
Building C6, room 401
09:30
Registration
09:50
Welcome - Opening remarks
Welcome - Opening remarks
TBA
10:00
Monopsony Power and Labor Informality in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
Monopsony Power and Labor Informality in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
Manuel Estefan (University of Notre Dame)
Break
11:30
Labor-Market Concentration and Workers Outcomes: Evidence from Chile
Labor-Market Concentration and Workers Outcomes: Evidence from Chile
Alvaro García (U de los Andes, Chile)
12:30
Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers
Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers
Suresh Naidu (Columbia) - keynote
Lunch 13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Earnings Inequality in Production Networks
Earnings Inequality in Production Networks
Federico Huneeus (Central Bank of Chile)
16:00
On the Inefficiency of Non-Competes in Low-Wage Labor Markets
On the Inefficiency of Non-Competes in Low-Wage Labor Markets
Tristan Potter (Drexel University)
Break
17:30
Oligopsony Labor Market Power and Workers’ outside Option
Oligopsony Labor Market Power and Workers’ outside Option
Felipe Balmaceda (Universidad Andres Bello)
Dinner 20:00