Monday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Disaggregated Economic Activity
9:00 am

Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: The Role of Structural Transformation (slides)

David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER

Discussant:
Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
9:40 am

Consumption Zones

Benjamin R. Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Mahsa Agha Gholizadeh, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Andrea Batch, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Discussant:
Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Distribution of US Personal Consumption Expenditures

Brett Matsumoto, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert Martin, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Scott Curtin, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER
11:20 am

Disaggregated Economic Accounts

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

Discussant:
Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis, retired
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:59 pm
Measurement of Output and Productivity
1:00 pm

Transistors All the Way Down: Viability of Direct Volume Measurement (and Price Indexes) for Semiconductors

David M. Byrne, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Molly Harnish, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1:40 pm

The Value of Free Digital Goods (slides)

John Lourenze Salan Poquiz, University of Cambridge
Mary O'Mahony, King's College London
Faith Hyacinth M. Balisacan, Asian Development Bank

Discussant:
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Antitrust Enforcement Permanently Increases Economic Activity

Tania Babina, University of Maryland and NBER
Simcha Barkai, Boston College
Jessica Jeffers, HEC Paris
Ezra Karger, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ekaterina Volkova, University of Melbourne

Discussant:
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:20 pm

A New Dataset to Study a Century of Innovation in Europe and in the US

Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Cyril A. Verluise, Collége de France

Discussant:
Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University and NBER
4:00 pm
Introduction of Robert Summers Fellows
4:15 pm
CRIW Members Meeting
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Morning joint with Macroeconomics and Productivity
9:00 am

Inequality and Measured Growth

Ezra Oberfield, Cornell University and NBER

Discussant:
Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
9:40 am

Wage Inequality and the Spatial Expansion of Firms

Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries

Paul Carrillo, The George Washington University
Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich
Monica Singhal, University of California, Davis and NBER

Discussant:
Cian Ruane, Central Bank of Ireland
11:20 am

Profit Puzzles and the Fall of Public-Firm Profit Rates

Carter K. Davis, Indiana University
Alexandre B. Sollaci, International Monetary Fund
James Traina, NYU Stern AD

Discussant:
German Gutierrez, University of Washington
12:00 pm
Lunch
Meeting continues after lunch in Charles A.
12:59 pm
Income, Employment and Wealth
1:00 pm

Comparing Survey and Administrative Measures of Self-Employment Income: New Implications from the Health and Retirement Study

Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
1:40 pm

Self-Employment Status: Imputations, Implications, and Improvements

Jonathan Eggleston, U.S. Census Bureau
Mark A. Klee, U.S. Census Bureau
Robert O. Munk, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

National Experimental Wellbeing Statistics

Charles A. Bee, U.S. Census Bureau
Joshua W. Mitchell, U.S. Census Bureau
Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
Carl Sanders, Washington University in St Louis
Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matt Unrath, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
3:20 pm

The Wealth of Generations

Luis Bauluz, CUNEF Universidad
Timothy Meyer, University of Bonn

Discussant:
Alice Henriques Volz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception - Ballroom Foyer