The Collaboration of Research Economists (CORE) model combines frontier research and an innovative delivery method to advance collaboration within the economics profession.
The CORE model consists of eight CORE Weeks per year. During each week, visiting economists from a range of disciplines will join with Richmond Fed economists for seminars, conferences, and formal and informal networking and collaboration—all with an eye toward advancing economic research.
The fifth installment of CORE week featured an impressive lineup of visiting economists who presented across a variety of topics, all outlined below. The week culminated with the Impact of Immigration on Firms, Human Capital and Productivity Conference, which addressed many questions on topics related to immigration, some of which included: What role does immigration policy play in economic growth? How does the quality of college-educated workers differ across the country? Do firms that hire more skilled immigrants perform better than firms that do not?
Titles listed where decided.
Visitor Seminar: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (University of Chicago) presenting the paper "The Spatial Effects of Carbon Policy in the European Union", joint with Bruno Conte and Klaus Desmet
Visitor Seminar: Rosen Valchev (Boston College) presenting the paper "Risky Business Cycles"
Economist & Visitor Collaboration Morning
Visitor Seminar: David Baqaee (UCLA) presenting the paper "Entry vs. Rents: Aggregation with Economies of Scale"
Visitor Seminar: Sara Moreira (Northwestern University) presenting the paper "How do Entrant Build Market Share? The Role of Demand Frictions", joint with David Argente, Doireann Fitzgerald, and Anthony Priolo
Collaboration Hour
Visitor Seminar: Fernando Parro (Penn State University) presenting the paper "On the Mechanics of Spatial Growth", joint with Sheng Cai, Lorenzo Caliendo, and Wei Xiang
Visitor Seminar: Yongsung Chang (Seoul National University) presenting the paper "Asymmetric Frisch Elasticity of Labor Supply", joint with Sun-Bin Kim and Junseok Lee
Registration & Refreshments
Todd Schoellman (FRB-Minneapolis) presenting the paper "The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality," joint with Paolo Martellini and Jason Sockin
Marta Prato (University of Chicago) presenting the paper "The Global Race for Talent: Brain Drain, Knowledge Transfer, and Growth"
Break
Joan Monras (UPF) presenting the paper "Floating population: consumption and location choices of rural migrants in China", joint with Clement Imbert, Marlon Seror, and Yanos Zylberberg
Lunch
Britta Glennon (The Wharton School) presenting the paper "Does Employing Skilled Immigrants Enhance Competitive Performance? Evidence from European Football Clubs," joint with Francisco Morales, Seth Carnahan, and Exequiel Hernandez
Nicolas Morales (FRBR) presenting the paper "Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Immigration: Evidence of German Establishments", joint with Agostina Brinatti
Break
Michael Clemens (Center for Global Development) presenting the paper "The effect of low-skill immigration on US firms and workers: Evidence from a randomized lottery", joint with Ethan G. Lewis
Closing remarks & adjourn
2022