St. Louis Fed-WashU Human Capital Conference
Hosts: Oksana Leukhina and Guillaume Vandenbroucke (St. Louis Fed) and Yongseok Shin (WashU)
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Balbach Room
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Research Library)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago
“The Macroeconomic Effects of Neighborhood Policies: A Dynamic Analysis,”
with Alessandra Fogli, Mark Ponder, and Marta Prato
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. BREAK
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Lance Lochner, Western University
“The Consumption Value of College,” with Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, and
Ralph Stinebrickner
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. BREAK
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota
“Why Do Americans No Longer Work So Much More Than Non-Americans?”
with Serdar Birinci and Kurt See
5:00 – 6:15 p.m. Reception (Economy Museum)
7:30 p.m. Dinner (By invitation only)
Friday, October 10, 2025
Washington University in St. Louis
Seigle Hall Room 109
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Elizabeth Caucutt, Western University
“Child Skill Production: Accounting for Parental and Market-Based Time and
Goods Investments,” with Lance Lochner, Jospeh Mullins, and Youngmin Park
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. BREAK
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Raquel Fernandez, New York University
“Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change,” with James
Albrecht, Per-Anders Edin, Jiwon Lee, Peter Thoursie, and Susan Vroman
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. BREAK
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Alex Monge-Naranjo, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
“From Skills to Occupations: Comparative Advantage and Cross-Country
Income Differences,” with Charles Gottlieb and Jan Grobovsek
1:00 p.m. Lunch, Seigle Hall Room 106