MEBDI Minimum Wage Conference

May 9th, 2023
Hanson Hall 1-102
University of Minnesota

8:15—8:45 Registration and Breakfast

8:45—9:45   High Minimum Wages and the Monopsony Puzzle

Michael Reich, University of California Berkeley
Justin Wiltshire, University of California Berkeley
Carl McPherson, University of California Berkeley

10:00—11:00 Minimum Wages, Efficiency and Welfare

Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
David Berger, Duke University
Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota

11:15—12:15  Minimum Wages and Labor Markets in the Twin Cities

Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota
Jeremy Lise, University of Minnesota
Anusha Nath, Federal Reserva Bank of Minneapolis

12:15—1:15   Lunch

1:15—2:15   The Heterogeneous Effects of Large and Small Minimum Wage Changes: Evidence over the Short and Medium Run Using a Pre-Analysis Plan

Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego

2:30—3:30     The Macroeconomic Dynamics of Labor Market Policies

Erik Hurst, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Patrick Kehoe, Stanford University
Elena Pastorino, Stanford University
Thomas Winberry, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

3:45—4:45    Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University

 Organizers: Loukas Karabarbounis, Anusha Nath, Jeremy Lise