Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program Meeting
Organized by Gabriel Chodorow-Reich and Ayşegül Şahin
February 23, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY (Benjamin Strong Room, 10th floor)
The format will be 20 minutes for the author, 20 minutes for the discussant, and 20 minutes for general discussion.
Friday, February 23
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Self-Employment within the Firm

Vittorio Bassi, University of Southern California and NBER
Jung Hyuk Lee, University of Southern California
Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
Ritwika Sen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Esau Tugume, BRAC Uganda

Discussant:
Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Five Facts about MPCs: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po
Etienne Fize, Paris School of Economics
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Disaggregated Economic Accounts

Asger L. Andersen, University of Copenhagen
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER
Niels Johannesen, University of Oxford
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER
Emil Toft Vestergaard, Danmarks Nationalbank

Discussant:
Hassan Afrouzi, Columbia University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - First Floor Dining Room
1:30 pm

Population and Welfare: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number

Mohamad Adhami, Stanford University
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Meritocracy across Countries

Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ananya Kotia, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University and NBER
Christian Moser, Columbia University and NBER
Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Welfare Accounting

Eduardo Dávila, Yale University and NBER
Andreas Schaab, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn