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Damba Lkhagvasuren Memorial Conference

CIRANO

Saturday 6 June 2026
From 9a.m. To 4:30p.m.

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"On June 6, we are hosting a conference in honor of our late colleage Damba Lkhagvasuren who was a valued member of the Department of Economics at Concordia University.  This conference celebrates Damba's many contributions to economics, particularly his influential research in macro-labor economics."

Paul Gomme, Jorgen Hansen, Tatyana Koreshkova and Christian Siguoin

Munkh-Ireedui Bayarjargal
Bayarjargal, Munkh-Ireedui
Economist, Gouvernement d'Alberta
Oyu-Erdene Buyandelger
Buyandelger, Oyu-Erdene
Student (Ph.D.), Concordia University
Javier Cano-Urbina
Cano-Urbina, Javier
Economic Researcher, Bank of Mexico
Rui Castro
Castro, Rui
Professor, McGill University
Daniele Coen-Pirani
Coen-Pirani, Daniele
Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
David Fuller
Fuller, David
Professor of Economics, Université de Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Karen Kopecky
Kopecky, Karen
Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Marianna Kudlyak
Kudlyak, Marianna
Senior Research Advisor, Federal Reserve de San Francisco
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume
Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Federal Bank of St-Louis

Program

9:00 - 9:20
Opening remarks
9:20 - 10:00
“Welfare-enhancing public and private insurance arrangements for long-term care risk”
Karen Kopecky
10:00 - 10:40
“Health-Driven Productivity and Social Security Disability Insurance”
Munkh-Ireedui Bayarjargal
10:40 - 11:20
“The Effect of Informality on Educational Attainment”
Javier Cano-Urbina
11:20 - 11:30
Break
11:30 - 12:10
“Spatial Dispersion in Factor Shares: Evidence and Implications”
Daniele Coen-Pirani
12:10 - 12:50
“A stochastic Roy model of sectoral mobility: Theory and quantitative validation”
David Fuller
12:50 - 13:10
Lunch
13:10 - 14:10
“The Dynamics of Firm-level Pay: Theory and Evidence from Portugal”
Rui Castro
14:10 - 14:50
“Using a Randomized Experiment to Validate a Semi-Structural Model of Schooling Enrollment”
Oyu-Erdene Buyandelger
14:50 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:40
“Parents, Patience, and Persistence: A Novel Theory of Intergenerational College Attainment”
Guillaume Vandenbroucke
15:40 - 16:20
“Why Firms Lay Off Workers instead of Cutting Wages: Evidence from the Linked Firm Survey- Administrative Data”
Marianna Kudlyak
16:20 - 16:30
Closing remarks

Location


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