Innovations in Measuring Employment
Organized by Matthew D. Shapiro and Katharine G. Abraham
Supported by the National Science Foundation
September 17-18, 2026
The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Capitol Hill, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC
Timing: 20 minutes for the authors; 10 minutes for the discussant; and 10 minutes for Q & A
Thursday, September 17
12:00 pm
Box Lunch
1:00 pm
Welcome
1:10 pm

Session 1: Current Employment Statistics

Recent Developments in Current Employment Statistics

Christopher Manning, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steven Mance, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Building Labor Market Statistics with Administrative Labor Market Data

Tomaz Cajner, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Leland D. Crane, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Christopher Kurz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
2:10 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Session 2: Utilizing Payroll Data

Improving Official Employment Statistics: New Insights from Private-sector Data

André Kurmann, Drexel University
Etienne Lalé, York University

Expanding the Frontier of Economic Measurement: Weekly Regional Employment Statistics

Matthew Bell, Harvard University
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Eric A. English, U.S. Census Bureau
Kyle K. Hood, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Steven Mance, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lowell Mason, Bloomberg
Brian Quistorff, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

Using Administrative Payroll Data to Improve Official Labour Market Statistics in the UK

Alex Bryson, University College London
John A. Forth, University of London
Kyle Jones, Office for National Statistics
Yohannes Lemma, Office for National Statistics

Discussant:
Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Session 3: Job Openings, Occupations, and Technological Dynamism

Do Online Job Postings Capture Job Vacancies?

Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
Andreas I. Mueller, University of Zurich

AI and Labor-Market Reallocation

Hie Joo Ahn, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Nicholas A. Carollo, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Gad Levanon, Burning Glass Institute
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm

Reception and Dinner
Introductory Remarks: Erwin Gianchandani, National Science Foundation
Keynote Speaker: Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University
Friday, September 18
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Session 4 (Panel): 
Standardization and Expansion of Employment and Wage Records
Erica L. Groshen, Cornell University ILR School
Julie Hatch, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chris Kurz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Frank Fiorille, Paychex
10:15 am
Break
10:45 am
Session 5: Measuring Employment Using Tax Administration Data

Overview of the U.S. Census Bureau's Frames Program

Deirdre Bishop, U.S. Census Bureau

New U.S. Business Establishments: Surging or Stalling?

Dan Cao, Georgetown University
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Toshihiko Mukoyama, Georgetown University
Erick Sager, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
11:45 am

The Nonemployee Workforce

Christopher Goetz, U.S. Census Bureau
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Nick LaBerge, U.S. Census Bureau
Adela Luque, U.S. Census Bureau
Vitaliy Novik, U.S. Census Bureau
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau
Stephen Tibbets, U.S. Census Bureau

The Impact of Third-Party Reporting on Tax Compliance: Evidence from Gig Workers

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

Discussant:
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm
Session 6: The CPS and Employment Statistics

Harmonized Population and Labor Force Statistics

John Coglianese, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Christopher J. Nekarda, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Bias in the Level, Trend, and Cyclicality of U.S. Unemployment

Bruce D. Meyer, The University of Chicago and NBER
Derek Wu, University of Virginia
Matthew Stadnicki, The University of Chicago
Patrick Langetieg, Internal Revenue Service
Mark Payne, Internal Revenue Service

Discussant:
Thomas F. Crossley, University of Michigan
2:45 pm
Meeting Wrap Up
3:00 pm
Adjourn