Accommodations: We have blocked 10 rooms for the nights of 8/17 and 8/18 in the Holiday Inn Durham. The cost is $111 per night plus tax. To book a room, you can call the hotel directly and let them know you will be attending the "Economic Dynamics Conference" or you can book directly through the hotel's website linked above using the group rate code "EDC". The rooms will be held until July 25th.
Parking: Please park in the Edgewood Road Visitor Lot. At the parking kiosk, press “coupon” and then enter code 0818. This will print a ticket that must be displayed on the dashboard of the driver's side of the car.
Location: Room 225, Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire (Directions from Parking Lot)
Workshop Schedule:
10:30am - 11:00am: Welcome Coffee
11:00am - 12:30pm: "Globalization, Gender Wage Gap, and Female Labor Force Participation", Paul Ko (Swarthmore)
12:30pm - 1:15pm: Lunch
1:15pm - 2:45pm: "The Effect of Software Adoption on Skill Demand", Zara Contractor (Middlebury)
2:45pm – 3:00pm: Break/Refreshments
3:00pm - 4:30pm: "Who Pays for Training? Theory and Evidence on Firm-Level Differences in Training Investments", Daniela Vidart (UConn)
4:30pm - 4:45pm: Break
4:45pm - 6:15pm: "The New Keynesian Price Puzzle", Neil White (Amherst)
6:30pm: Dinner at Jumping Jay’s, located at 150 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Workshop Participants:
Neil White (Amherst)
Kathrin Elieroth (Colby)
Paul Ko (Swarthmore)
Jake Blackwood (Amherst)
Michael Klein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Gonzalo Basante Pereira (UNH)
Zara Contractor (Middlebury)
Ben Griffy (SUNY - Albany)
Daniela Vidart (UConn)
Caitlin Hegarty (Williams)
Yin Germaschewski (UNH)
Loris Rubini (UNH)
Jay Horvarth (UNH)
Erin Wolcott (Middlebury)
Seth Neumuller (Wellesley)