The Hoover Institution and Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) host a conference on The Implications of Remote Work from October 9-11, 2024.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time Content Papers

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Registration and Lunch

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1:00 – 1:15 PM 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

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1:15 – 2:45 PM 

Employee Experience

Shift to Remote Work, Performance, and Learning
Cem Ozguzel, Paris School of Economics & Sorbonne Economics Center & IZA
(slides)

Workplace Hostility
Manuela Collis, University of Toronto
(slides)

Can setting team “collaboration norms” improve the employee experience of hybrid workers? Results from a pre-registered study
Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School

2:45 – 3:00 PM 

BREAK

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3:00 – 4:00 PM 

Return to Office

Determinants and Consequences of Return to Office Policies
Sean Flynn, Cornell University
(slides)

Return to Office Mandates
Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

4:00 – 4:15 PM 

BREAK

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4:15 – 5:30 PM 

Brief & Brilliant 

Work from Home, Business Dynamism, and the Macroeconomy
Chenchuan Shi, University of Oxford
(slides)

Here to work: A Qualitative Exploration of in-person work in an era of hybrid work(ing)
Devin Kilpatrick, University of Michigan -- Stephen M. Ross, School of Business
(slides)

The Global Market for Remote White-Collar Jobs
Jingyi Cui, Yale University

Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution
David Van Dijcke, University of Michigan 
(slides)

Can Remote Work Attenuate Child Penalties?
Pablo Zarate, Princeton University
(slides)

Empty Offices and Urban Transitions: The Impact of Working from Home on Commercial Real Estate
Simon Krause, LMU Munich & ifo Institute
(slides)

 

Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time Content Papers

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM

Demographic Impacts

Bringing Work Home: Flexible Arrangements as Gateway Jobs for Women in West Bengal
Lisa Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(slides)

Does the Ability to Work Remotely Alter Labor Force Attachment? An Analysis of Labor Market Flows Across Prime-Age Individuals
Maria Tito, Federal Reserve Board
(slides)

Work from home and the employment of individuals with a disability
Gordon Dahl, University of California, San Diego
(slides)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

BREAK

 

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Living & Commuting

The New Geography of Remote Workers and Firms: Evidence from France
Filippo Boeri, London School of Economics
(slides)

Working from Home Increases Work-Home Distances
Sena Coskun, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Employment Research (IAB)
(slides)

Americans Now Live Farther from Their Employers
Mert Akan, Stanford University

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

 

1:00 – 2:30 PM

Amenities

Wage Differentials and the Price of Workplace Flexibility
Linh Tô, Boston University
(slides)

Workplace Amenities and The Cost to Firms in the United States
David Powell, RAND
(slides)

Job Amenity Shocks and Labor Reallocation
Lukas Friedrich Mann, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
(slides)

2:30 – 3:00 PM

BREAK

 

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Firms and Management

Work From Home, Productivity and Firm Dynamics
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
(slides)

Do Startups Benefit from Remote Work?
Arpit Gupta, NYU Stern
(slides)

Work-From-Home and Commercial Real Estate: Effects on Bank Balance Sheets, Credit Availability, and the Real Economy
Erica Moszkowski, Federal Reserve Board
(slides)

Friday, October 11, 2024
Time Content Papers

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM

Housing & Geography

Winners and Losers from the Work-from-Home Technology Boon
Andra Ghent, University of Utah

The Spatial and Distributive Implications of Working-from-Home: A General Equilibrium Model
Morgane Richard, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research

Work from Home and Interstate Migration
Adam Blandin, Vanderbilt University

10:00 – 10:30 AM

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10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Executives

Remotely Productive: The Efficacy of Remote Work for Executives
Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University

Management and Remote Work
Megha Patnaik, LUISS Guido Carli 
(slides)

The CEO Bot: Generative AI and CEO Communication at an All-Remote Firm
Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Harvard Business School

12:00 PM

Lunch

 

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