SI 2019 Macroeconomics and Productivity
Organized by Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, and Chad Syverson
July 16, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with CRIW
9:00 am

The Effects of Foreign MNEs on Workers and Firms in the United States (slides)


(discussant slides)
Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago and NBER
9:45 am

Technological Innovation and Labor Income Risk (slides)


(discussant slides)
Leonid Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jae Song, Social Security Administration

Discussant:
Adrien Matray, Princeton University
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Immigration, Innovation, and Growth (slides)


(discussant slides)
Konrad B. Burchardi, IIES, Stockholm University
Thomas Chaney, University of Southern California
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Lisa Tarquinio, University of Western Ontario
Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:45 am

The Life-cycle Growth of Plants: The Role of Productivity, Demand and Wedges

Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

Discussant:
Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Leverage over the Life Cycle Firm Growth and Aggregate Fluctuations

Emin Dinlersoz, U.S. Census Bureau
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Brown University and NBER
Veronika Penciakova, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussant:
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
2:15 pm

From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share

Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Julian Neira, University of Exeter
Rish Singhania, University of Exeter

Discussant:
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Productivity, (Mis)allocation and Trade

Kalina Manova, University College London
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Jong Hyun Chung, Stanford University
Charlotte Sandoz, International Monetary Fund

Discussant:
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception, Royal Sonesta Hotel