Outsourcing research network workshop, Harris School, University of Chicago
Thursday, June 15
Noon—12:45 p.m. LUNCH
12:45—2:15
Session 1: Implications of Domestic Outsourcing for Workers—Evidence from Government Survey and Administrative Data
Chair: Brad Hershbein, Upjohn Institute
Discussant: Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University
Domestic Outsourcing of Labor Services in the U.S.: 1996 – 2015
David Dorn, University of Zurich, CEPR, IZA, & CESifo
Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University, NBER, IZA, & CESifo
James R. Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau (retired)
Lee C. Tucker, U.S. Census Bureau
Abstract Paper Presentation
The Effect of Outsourcing on Remaining Workers, Rent Distribution, and Inequality
Daniel Mark Deibler, Federal Trade Commission
Abstract Paper Presentation
The Effects of Outsourcing on Workers when Employment Protection is High: Evidence from Italy
Diego Daruich, USC Marshall
Martino Kuntze, Bank of Italy
Pascuel Plotkin, University of British Columbia
Raffaele Saggio, University of British Columbia, NBER
Abstract Paper Presentation
2:45—4:15
Session 2a: Measuring Self-Employment and Gig Platform Work
Chair: Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago
Discussant: Shanthi Ramnath, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Comparing Survey and Administrative Measures of Self-Employment Income: New Implications from the Health and Retirement Study
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
The What and How of Measuring Electronic Platform Work
Anne E. Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Abstract Paper Presentation
Form 1099K for Gig Workers: Quantifying the 1099K Gap and Impacts on Tax Compliance
Andrew Garin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Dmitri Koustas, University of Chicago
Abstract Paper Presentation
Session 2b: Outsourcing and Its Importance for Understanding Economic Phenomena
Chair: Christine Riordan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Discussant: Jim Spletzer, Census Bureau (retired)
Contracting Out Labor Market Dynamism
Andrea Atencio-De-Leon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Claudia Macaluso and Chen Yeh, Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond
The Rise of the Contract Workforce in U.S. Manufacturing and its Implications for Worker Skills Measures
Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Outsourcing, Occupationally Homogeneous Employers, and Wage Inequality in the United States
Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:30—5:30 Plenary Panel: The Policy Implications of the Rise of Contracting Arrangements
Moderator: Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland
David Weil, Brandeis University
Tricia Smith, Special Advisor to Acting Secretary of Labor
Cassandra Robertson, Chief of Staff to Assistant Secretary of Policy, Department of Labor
7:00 DINNER
Friday, June 16
8:30—9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Session 3: The Independent Contractor and Platform Workforce
Chair: Derek Ozkal, Kauffman Foundation
Discussant: Kristin Sandusky, Census Bureau
The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland
Brad Hershbein, Susan N. Houseman, and Beth Truesdale, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Characteristics of Gig Workers in the U.S.: Evidence from the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey
Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins, St. John’s University
Quentin Brummet and Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago
Abstract Paper Presentation
The Evolution of Gig Work, 2020-2021
Andrew Garin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Dmitri Koustas, University of Chicago
Abstract Paper Presentation
11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Session 4a: Understanding Implications for Workers of Intermediated Employment Arrangements
Chair: Aixa Cintron, Russell Sage Foundation;
Discussant: Eileen Appelbaum, CEPR;
Redefining “Core Competencies”: Labor Market Intermediation in Outsourced Warehouses
Beth Gutelius and Nik Theodore, University of Illinois Chicago
Abstract Paper Presentation
The Role of Labor Market Intermediaries in the Job Matching Processes for Travel Nurses
Hye Jin Rho, Michigan State University
Christine Riordan and Ki-Jung Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Abstract Paper Presentation
Internal Labor Markets
Paul Osterman, MIT Sloan School of Management
Abstract Paper Presentation
Session 4b: Self-Employment and Platform Work
Chair: Yuci Chen, Upjohn Institute
Discussant: Mischa Fisher, Angi Inc.
The Ups and Downs of Gig Work
Anat Bracha, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mary Burke, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Abstract Paper Presentation
Work Flexibility in the Gig Economy
Liya Palagashvili, George Mason University
Paola A. Suarez, Seton Hall University
Abstract Paper Presentation
Understanding Non-Traditional Work Arrangements in the United States
Joelle Abramowitz and Andrew Joung, University of Michigan
Abstract Paper Presentation
12:30—2:00 p.m. Concluding Discussion and Lunch