Welcome to CIREQ !

CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions 2026

This workshop focuses on research in markets where frictions are present.

WORKSHOP VENUE

CIRANO
1130, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Suite 1400

Montréal (Québec) H3A 2M8

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ilse Lindenlaub
(Yale University)

PROGRAM

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

SPEAKERS

Paula Calvo (Arizona State University)

Jason Faberman (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

Benjamin Friedrich (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)

Pawel Michal Krolikowski (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

Keynote Speaker
Ilse Lindenlaub (Yale University)

Jason Sockin (Cornell University)

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The organizers wish to thank the following sponsors for their financial support: