SI 2025 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
Organized by Susanto Basu, David M. Byrne, and Karen Dynan
Supported by Statistics Canada, Statistics of Income/Internal Revenue Service, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau
July 14-15, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Monday, July 14
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:50 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am

Change in Average Prices: Inflation, Quality Change or Market Frictions? (slides)

John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Ron S. Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Robert Rodriguez, University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Ryan Michaels, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
9:40 am

Homeownership and the Cost of Living

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Avi Lipton, Harvard University

Discussant:
Randal Verbrugge, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Why Is Manufacturing Productivity Growth So Low? (slides)

Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Nicole Kimmel, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
David M. Byrne, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
11:20 am

Scanner Data and the Construction of Inter-Regional Price Indexes (slides)

W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and NBER
Chihiro Shimizu, Hitotsubashi University
Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University

Discussant:
Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis, retired
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Job Tasks, Worker Skills, and Productivity (slides)

Jay Stewart, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Cindy Cunningham, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Cheryl Grim, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Rachel L. Nesbit, RAND Corporation
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cody Tuttle, University of Texas at Austin
Zoltan Wolf, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER
1:40 pm

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

Discussant:
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Do State and Local Governments Offer Competitive Compensation?

Byron Lutz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
David D. Ratner, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Louise Sheiner, The Brookings Institution

Discussant:
Kim Rueben, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
3:20 pm

Quits, Layoffs, and Labor Supply

Amanda Michaud, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Kathrin D. Ellieroth, Colby College

Discussant:
Sadhika Bagga, University of Rochester
4:00 pm
CRIW Membership Meeting
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries

Morning Session Joint with Conference on Macroeconomics and Productivity
9:00 am

Carbon Taxes and Misallocation in Chile

Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Ernesto Pastén, Central Bank of Chile
Cian Ruane, Central Bank of Ireland

Discussant:
Maarten De Ridder, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
9:40 am

Disasters, Capital, and Productivity

Tarikua Erda, New York University

Discussant:
Seula Kim, The Pennsylvania State University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

What Does Consulting Do?

Gert Bijnens, National Bank of Belgium
Simon Jäger, Princeton University and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Miriam Bruhn, The World Bank
11:20 am

Investing in Customer Capital (slides)

Bianca He, University of Chicago
Lauren I. Mostrom, University of Chicago
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
Continues in Charles B
1:00 pm

Trade within Multinational Boundaries

Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Paola Conconi, University of Oxford
Fariha Kamal, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Zachary Kroff, Analysis Group

Discussant:
Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:40 pm

Information Waves and Firm Investment

Feng Chi, Cornell University

Discussant:
Andres Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Counting the Poor: The Liquidity-Adjustment Supplemental Expenditure Poverty Measure (slides)

Sung Ah Bahk, American University
John Fitzgerald, Bowdoin College
Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Discussant:
David Johnson, Georgetown University
3:20 pm

Creating the Chinese Patent Dataset and Anticipating Sputnik Moments

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Namrata Narain, Harvard University
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER
Zunda Winston Xu, Stanford University

Discussant:
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn