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2026 CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions

CIRANO

Friday 15 May 2026
From 8:30AM To 5PM

This workshop, organized by Fabian Lange (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA, NBER), Markus Poschke (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA) and Fernando Saltiel (McGill University, CIRANo, CIREQ, IZA). It focuses on research into markets where frictions are present. Several people will be taking part in the discussions: Ilse Lindenlaub (Yale University), Pawel Krolikowski (Cleveland Fed), Paula Calvo (Arizona State University), Jason Faberman (Chicago Fed), Jason Sockin (Cornell), and Ben Friedrich (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University).

It is part of the Annual Thematic led by Fabian Langeand Markus Poschke, who serve as its two principal investigators, and contributes to the dissemination and visibility of the research conducted this initiative.

This event will be held in English.

        

Paula Calvo
Calvo, Paula
Assistant Professor of Economics, Arizona State University
Jason Faberman
Faberman, Jason
Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ben Friedrich
Friedrich, Ben
Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Pawel Michal Krolikowski
Krolikowski, Pawel Michal
Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Ilse Lindenlaub
Lindenlaub, Ilse
Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University
Jason Sockin
Sockin, Jason
Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Program

8:30 - 9:00
Welcome
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote Lecture - Beyond Exposure: Predicting AI Adoption Based on Comparative Advantage
Ilse Lindenlaub
10:00 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 11:30
Price Discovery in Labor Markets: Why Do Firms Say They Cannot Find Workers?
Ben Friedrich
11:30 - 12:30
Job Ads as Signals: Evidence from a Priced Amenity and Worker Beliefs
Jason Sockin
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Labor Supply, Work Flexibility, and the Recent Decline in Work Hours
Jason Faberman
14:30 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 16:00
The Welfare Impact of Motherhood
Paula Calvo
16:00 - 17:00
Reservation Wages Revisited: Empirics with Canonical Models
Pawel Michal Krolikowski

Location


1130 Rue Sherbrooke O #1400, Montréal, QC H3A 2M8, Canada

Registration form

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