Layoffs and Their Consequences
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 | 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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Louis Uchitelle, economics writer for the New York Times and author of the newly released The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences (Random House, March 2006), will present his findings at this AEI event. Mr. Uchitelle will discuss trends in job security, including his comparison of the current employment climate to the “golden age” of job security of the 1950s; the efficacy of policies, such as job training, which are targeted toward disconnected workers; and possible policy alternatives that may be more effective at increasing job security. Steven J. Davis of AEI and the University of Chicago and former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the Council on Foreign Relations will respond.

Agenda
11:45 a.m.
Registration
Noon
Luncheon
1:00 p.m.
Presenter:
Louis Uchitelle, New York Times
Discussants:
Steven J. Davis, AEI and University of Chicago
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator:
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
2:30
Adjournment
AEI Participants

 

Steven J.
Davis
  • Steven J. Davis studies the effect of taxes on work activity, the creation and loss of jobs, the employment impact of wage-setting rules, and other labor market issues. He is a professor of international business and economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously taught at Brown University and MIT and served as a consultant and researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. As a visiting scholar at AEI, Mr. Davis studies how tax differences in states and countries lead to differences in employment, household work, and leisure time.

     
  • Phone: 773-702-7312
    Email: sdavis@aei.org

  • Assistant Info

    Name: Chad Hill
    Phone: 202-862-5862
    Email: chad.hill@aei.org
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Kevin A.
Hassett
  • Before joining AEI, Mr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, as well as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. He served as an economic adviser to the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign and as Senator John McCain's chief economic adviser during the 2000 presidential primaries. He also served as a senior economic adviser to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Mr. Hassett is a columnist for National Review.

  • Phone: 202-862-7157
    Email: khassett@aei.org

  • Assistant Info

    Name: Veronika Polakova
    Phone: 202-862-4880
    Email: veronika.polakova@aei.org
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