Microeconomic Policies and Economic Growth Pre-conference
Organized by Peter J. Klenow, Kenneth Kuttner, and Heidi L. Williams
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
March 5-6, 2026
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Thursday, March 5

7:00 pm

Working Dinner - Henrietta’s Table

Friday, March 6

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome and Introductions

9:15 am

Panel: How Economic and Budget Analysis Inform Policy
Doug Elmendorf, Harvard Kennedy School and NBER
R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School
Zach Liscow, Yale Law School

10:15 am

Break

10:45 am

Panel: How Microeconomic Research Informs Economic and Budget Analysis
Sina Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Chris Giosa, Joint Committee on Taxation
Jeffrey Kling, Congressional Budget Office

11:45 am

Working Lunch with small group discussions of each policy area

1:15 pm

Panel: Panel: Macroeconomic Modeling for Economic and Budget Analysis
Devrim Demirel, Congressional Budget Office
Callum Jones, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
TBA

2:15 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Ultra-preliminary session: High Skilled Immigration
Presenter: Michael Clemens, George Mason University

Discussant: Stephen Terry, University of Michigan and NBER
Discussant: Chris Foote, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

3:45 pm

Wrap Up Discussion and Plans for Follow-on Conference

4:30 pm

Adjourn