Makro-Pic Seminar: The Past and Future of Work

Block Seminar: January, 26 (VG 1.103) and January, 27 (Oec 1.165), 2018.
Kickoff Meeting: November, 1st, 1pm Room 0.168.
Application: until November 12.
Enrollment in Flexnow: November, 9th- 15th.
Essay Submission: until December, 19th, 9am.
Final Prep Meeting: upon request,
Seminar Info: info
Supervision: Dr Ana Abeliansky: email   Matthias Beulmann: email
Course material for participants is available at the course material webpage

Themes

1. The Race between Education and Technology

Reference: Acemoglu, D., and Autor, D. (2012). What Does Human Capital Do? A Review of Goldin and Katz's The Race between Education and Technology. Journal of Economic Literature 50(2), 426-463.

2. The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change

Reference: Autor, D. H., Levy, F., and Murnane, R. (2003) The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4): 1279–1333.

3. Explaining Job Polarization

Reference: Goos, M, A. Manning and A. Salomons (2014). Explaining job polarization: Routine-biased technological change and offshoring. American Economic Review, 104(8): 2509-25.

4. Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets

Reference: Autor, D.H., Dorn, D. and Hanson, G.H. (2015) Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets, Economic Journal, 125(584): 621-646.

5. Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change?

Reference: Hershbein, B., and Kahn, L. B. (2016). Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change?. NBER Working Paper, 22762.

6. Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand?

Reference: Michaels, G., Natraj, A., and Van Reenen, J. (2014). Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over twenty-five years. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(1), 60-77.

7. The Decline of the Labor Share

Reference: Elsby, M.W., Hobijn, B., and Sahin, A. (2013). The decline of the US labor share. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2013(2), 1-63.

8. Robots at Work

Reference: Graetz, G. and Michaels, G. (2015) Robots at Work, CEP Discussion Paper No 1335.

9. Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets

Reference: Acemoglu, D., and Restrepo, P. (2017). Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets (No. w23285). National Bureau of Economic Research.

10. The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries:

Reference: Arntz, M., Gregory, T., and Zierahn, U. (2016). The risk of automation for jobs in OECD countries: A comparative analysis. OECD Social, Employment, and Migration Working Papers, (189).

11. The Great Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Cognitive Tasks

Reference: Beaudry, P., Green, D. A., and Sand, B. M. (2016). The great reversal in the demand for skill and cognitive tasks. Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S1), S199-S247.

12. Performance Pay and Wage Inequality

Reference: Lemieux, T., MacLeod, W. B., and Parent, D. (2009). Performance pay and wage inequality. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(1), 1-49.

13. Top Incomes in the Long Run of History

Reference: Atkinson, A. B., Piketty, T., and Saez, E. (2011). Top incomes in the long run of history. Journal of Economic Literature, 49(1), 3-71.

14. Why Has CEO Pay Increased so Much?

Reference: Gabaix, X., and Landier, A. (2008). Why has CEO pay increased so much?. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(1), 49-100.

15. Revisiting the German Wage Structure

Reference: Dustmann, C., Ludsteck, J., and Schönberg, U. (2009). Revisiting the German wage structure. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2), 843-881.

16. The Rise of West German Wage Inequality

Reference: Card, D., Heining, J., and Kline, P. (2013). Workplace heterogeneity and the rise of West German wage inequality. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(3), 967-1015.