KAEA Macro VSS Time: Thursday, Nov 10 8:00PM Eastern Time (10:00AM Friday in Korea) Speaker: Hyejin Park (University of Montreal) Paper: "Does Growth Lead to Labor Reallocation? Role of Own-Product Improvement vs. Product Expansion" I study the relationship between long-run growth and labor reallocation when incumbent producers both innovate over their previous products (own-product improvements) […]

Program: Diagnostic Business Cycles 8-8:30pm: mentor-presenter – Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University, CEPR & NBER 8:30–8:45pm: mentee-discussant – Eunsung Ma, Yonsei University 8:45-9pm: Q&A 9-9:15pm: breakout sessions for more Q&A and networking Zoom link:  https://yonsei.zoom.us/j/95206398679?pwd=NlZqRU9KV1RjMkdOczl2WmpxaFhYZz09 I look forward to seeing you at the seminar. Best wishes, KAEA-VSS-Empirical Macro- Finance organizers Yoosoon Chang, Soojin Jo, and Minchul Shin

Date/Time: November 22 (Tuesday) at 8 pm ET (10 am KST Wed).  Speaker: Professor Minji Bang (CUHK) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93672325988 Title: Job Flexibility and Household Labor Supply: Understanding Gender Gaps and the Child Wage Penalty KAEA Applied Micro Organizers Jay Choi, Yujung Hwang, Eunhee Lee

Program Title: Capital Account Policy, Firm-Dynamics, and Export-Led Growth Presenter: Ju Hyun Pyun (Korea University Business School) Discussant: Kei-Mu Yi (University of Houston, FRB Dallas and NBER) Zoom link to the seminar: https://iu.zoom.us/j/88583184890

Date/Time: December 1st at 8pm ET (December 2nd at 10am KST) Presenter: Jihye Jeon (Boston University) Title: Patient Costs and Physicians' Information Abstract: In response to rising health costs, insurers have increased the share of health spending that their enrollees must shoulder out-of-pocket. We study how sensitive physicians' treatment choices are to these changing patient out-of-pocket costs and how […]

KAEA Macro VSS Time: Thursday, Feb. 9 8:00PM Eastern Time (10:00AM Friday in Korea) Speaker: Joonseok Oh (Freie Universität Berlin) Paper: "Optimal Monetary Policy Mix at the Zero Lower Bound" (w/ Dario Bonciani) We study the optimal mix of forward guidance and QE at the ZLB. Welfare loss depends on inflation, output, and inequality between […]