Seminars: Labor Economics

Seminar in Labor Economics
Term: Fall 2026
Location: Littauer Center 301, Hansen Mason Lounge (unless noted otherwise*)
Meeting Time:  Monday and Wednesday, 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM (unless noted otherwise*)
Description: Invited speakers present theoretical and empirical research on a broad range of topics in labor economics and applied microeconomics.
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Coordinator: Ursula Ferraro

Notes:  The Seminars in Labor Economics and Public Economics meet jointly through the semester on Mondays and Wednesdays.

DATESPEAKERTITLE (some are preliminary)
9/9/26
Christina Brown (University of Chicago)
9/16/26
James Stratton (Harvard University)
"Safe Picks: Agency Frictions and Conservatism in Labor Demand"
9/23/26
Fiona Chen (Harvard University) 
"Artificial Intelligence in the Firm: Bottlenecks in Software Production"
9/30/26
Coly Elhai (Harvard University)
TBA
10/5/26 *Monday
Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett (Harvard University)
"Discipline at Work: Wage Premia, Managers, and Shirking in a Large Mexican Retailer"
10/7/26
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (Harvard University)
TBA
10/14/26
Chris Stanton (Harvard Business School)
TBA
10/21/26
Angela Wyse (Dartmouth)
TBA - Joint with Opportunity Insights
10/26/26
Harris Lecture
TBA
11/4/26
Lucas Althoff (Stanford)
TBA
11/18/26
Scott Nelson (Chicago Booth)
TBA - Joint with Industrial Organization Seminar
12/2/26

Raj Chetty (Harvard University)

Joint with Opportunity Insights

"A Theory of the Formation of Social Capital and Economic Mobility" (joint with Matt Jackson)