CRIW Conference on The Changing Nature of Work
Organized by Susan N. Houseman, Anne Polivka, and Ayşegül Şahin
Supported by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through an award to Reveal Global Consulting
March 6-7, 2025
Hotel AKA Alexandria, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA (Ballroom, First Floor)
The format for each paper will be a 20-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 15-minute discussion, and then another 15 minutes of general audience discussion.
Thursday, March 6
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR WORK
9:00 am

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

Ekaterina Prytkova, University Cote d'Azur
Fabien Petit, University College London

Discussant:
Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:50 am

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
10:40 am
Break
WORK FROM HOME
11:00 am

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 (retired)
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
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

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

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

Discussant:
Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1:50 pm

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
2:40 pm
Break
PLATFORM, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER CONTRACT WORK
3:00 pm

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
3:50 pm

The What and How of Measuring Digital Platform Work

Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:
Vincent Hardy, Statistics Canada
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Friday, March 7
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
PLATFORM, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER CONTRACT WORK (Cont.)
9:00 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
9:50 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
10:40 am
Break
11:00 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
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

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

Christopher Goetz, U.S. 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, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
1:50 pm
Break
2:10 pm

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
3:00 pm
Adjourn