Past Events

Using Machine Learning and Digital Technology to Identify Challenges and Improve Outcomes for Labor Market Transitions   This talk will review several recent papers that focus on labor market transitions. The first project analyzes worker resilience in response to layoffs, using administrative data from Sweden. Recently developed machine learning methods identify and characterize groups of workers who are predictably less resilient to layoffs. There is substantial heterogeneity within firms and within markets in terms of worker resilience. Second, recent work…

“Local Projection Methods for Applied Economics” with Professor Oscar Jorda (Part 1 of two-part Mini Course series, sponsored by the Program for Economic Research) PER Mini Course Instructor, Professor Oscar Jorda Professor of Economics at UC Davis Dan O’Flaherty, Professor of Economics at UC Davis, will host a two-part mini course series on the topic of “Local Projection Methods for Applied Economics.” Please see the detailed information below for further course information and to RSVP. Mini Course Series, Part 1…

“Local Projection Methods for Applied Economics” with Professor Oscar Jorda (Part 2 of two-part Mini Course series, sponsored by the Program for Economic Research) PER Mini Course Instructor, Professor Oscar Jorda Professor of Economics at UC Davis Dan O’Flaherty, Professor of Economics at UC Davis, will host a two-part mini course series on the topic of “Local Projection Methods for Applied Economics.” Please see the detailed information below for further course information and to RSVP. Mini Course Series, Part 2…