Workshop Schedule:
10am - 10:30am: Welcome, Coffee, and Refreshments
10:30am - 12pm: "Worker Selection and Immigration Policy Inefficiencies" (Caitlin Hegarty)
12pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 3pm: "Decarbonization in an Interdependent World with Nominal Wage Rigidities" (Paul Ko)
3pm - 4:15pm: Refreshments, Option to Walk Around Campus or Walk into Town for Coffee
4:15pm - 5:45pm: "Do the Means Matter for the Ends? An Evaluation of Optimal Unemployment Assistance under Search Frictions" (Jake Blackwood)
6pm: Dinner at Lockheart in Wellesley (a 10 minute walk from the workshop location, parking available on street or behind the restaurant)
**All sessions will be held in the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, Room 413**
Workshop Participants:
Brendan Epstein (Umass Lowell)
Caitlin Hegarty (Williams College)
Daniela Vidart (UConn)
Jake Blackwood (Amherst College)
Jay Horvath (UNH)
Kristina Sargent (Middlebury College)
Loris Rubini (UNH)
Lucie Lebeau (Wellesley College)
Neil White (Amherst College)
Paul Ko (Swarthmore College)
Pubali Chakraborty (Bates College)
Rob Lester (Colby College)
Yin Germaschewski (UNH)
Seth Neumuller (Wellesley College)
Nearby Hotel: The Verve Hotel Boston-Natick
Parking: Free parking is available in the Davis Parking Facility which can be accessed via the north entrance to the College on Central Street (Route 135). No permits are needed. Since classes will not be in session, feel free to park in any open space including those marked "Student Permit Required." Do NOT park in the visitor spaces near Campus Police/Zipcars. The workshop will be held in the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center which is directly adjacent to this parking lot. See map below for details.