12th Annual Conference: Labour Economics

12th Annual Conference
Labour Economics

May
2025

Monday

Occupations, Matching, and Wages
Chair: Pinchuan ONG (National University of Singapore)

Location: Tanglin III & IV

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Marius GUENZEL (University of Pennsylvania)
Ulrike MALMENDIER (University of California, Berkeley)
Denis SOSYURA* (Arizona State University)

Discussant:
Xuan ZHANG (Singapore Management University)

Conference Paper

3:00 pm – 3:10 pm

Break

3:10 pm – 4:10 pm

Measuring Labor Market Match Quality with Large Language Models

Yi CHEN* (ShanghaiTech University)
Hanming FANG (University of Pennsylvania and ABFER)
Yi ZHAO (Tsinghua University)
Zibo ZHAO (University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Nada WASI (Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research)

Conference Paper

4:10 pm – 4:25 pm

Break

4:25 pm – 5:25 pm

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Financial Constraints, Minimum Wage Policies, and Employment

Alona BILOKHA (University of North Florida)
Iftekhar HASAN (Fordham University and the Bank of Finland)
Stefano MANFREDONIA* (Fordham University)
Ronald W. MASULIS (University of New South Wales and ABFER)

Discussant:
Justin LEUNG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

May
2025

Tuesday

Families, Finance, and Fertility
Chair: Naijia GUO (University of Hong Kong)

Location: Tanglin III & IV

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Child Development, Parental Investments, and Social Capital

Qianyao YE* (Xiamen University)

Discussant:
Jin ZHOU (City University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

10:00 am – 10:10 am

Break

10:10 am – 11:10 am

The Effect of House Prices on Fertility: Evidence from House Purchase Restrictions

Ziqian LIU (University of Washington)
Yu ZHANG* (Peking University)

Discussant:
Michael B WONG (University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

11:10 am – 11:25 am

Break

11:25 am – 12:25 pm

Intergenerational Effects of Debt Relief: Evidence from Bankruptcy Protection

Naser HAMDI (Equifax Inc.)
Ankit KALDA* (Indiana University)
Qianfan WU (Indiana University)

Discussant:
Yi FAN (National University of Singapore)

Conference Paper

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 12 Mar 2025.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper has 35 minutes for presentation, 15 minutes for discussant remarks, and 10 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 10 and 15 minutes break after the first two papers, respectively.

Contact Information

Program Director	Conference Organizer
Patricia CORTES (Boston University) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Jessica PAN (National University of Singapore and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Pinchuan ONG (National University of Singapore) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Naijia GUO (University of Hong Kong) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Program Director

Conference Organizer

Patricia CORTES (Boston University)
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Jessica PAN (National University of Singapore and ABFER)
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Pinchuan ONG (National University of Singapore)
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Naijia GUO (University of Hong Kong)
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