Wednesday, July 17
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome and Conference Overview
9:00 am

Understanding Self-Employment Trajectories over the Life Course in the United States

Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
Andrew Joung, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
9:30 am

Understanding the Online Platform Based “Gig” Workforce in the U.S.: Evidence from the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey

Rachel Atkins, St. John’s University
Quentin O. Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago
Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago

Discussant:
Mary Burke, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
10:00 am

The Changing Nature of Work: What can we learn from Time Use Diaries?

Francesca Foliano, University College London
Rebecca Riley, King's College London
Mechelle Viernes, King's College London
Lynsey Brown, Office for National Statistics

Discussant:
Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

The Evolution of Platform Gig Work, 2012-2023 (slides)

Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Alicia Miller, Internal Revenue Service

Discussant:
Mike Zabek, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
11:15 am

The Rise of the Contract Workforce in U.S. Manufacturing

Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Discussant:
Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
11:45 am

How Do Workers Think About The Costs and Benefits of Freelance Work? New Evidence From a Survey Experiment (slides)

Edward Freeland, Princeton University
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Gizem Koşar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

What Makes Work from Home Work? Evidence on Telework and Worker Tasks

Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
David H. Oh, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:
Lisa Ho, Yale University
1:45 pm

The Employment Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies: Evidence from US Labor Markets (slides)

Ekaterina Prytkova, University Cote d'Azur
Fabien Petit, UCL

Discussant:
Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:15 pm

The What and How of Measuring Digital Platform Work

Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:
Vincent Hardy, Statistics Canada
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Business Owners and the Self-Employed: Thirty-Three Million (and Counting!)

Christopher Goetz, US Census Bureau
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Zachary Kroff, U.S. Census Bureau
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
3:30 pm

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Employers’ Requirements on New Employees: Experiences on Changes in Recruitment Processes in the German Labor Market

Anja Warning, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
4:00 pm

Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home (slides)

Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Kathryn Bonney, U.S. Census Bureau
Cory Breaux, U.S. Census Bureau
Cathy Buffington, U.S. Census Bureau
Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Brian McKenzie, U.S. Census Bureau
Aaron K. Savage, U.S. Census Bureau
Cristina Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
4:30 pm

Local Variation in Onsite Work during the Pandemic and its Aftermath (slides)

Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Mohammad Ashoori, University of Maryland
Aref Darzi, University of Maryland
Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto, The World Bank
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Aliakbar Kabiri, University of Maryland
Erkut Y. Ozbay, University of Maryland

Discussant:
Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:00 pm
Adjourn