SI 2026 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
Organized by Susanto Basu, David M. Byrne, and Karen Dynan
July 20-21, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Room: Charles AB
All Monday sessions and the Tuesday afternoon sessions will run 40 minutes allocated as follows: 20 minutes for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 10 minutes for general discussion. There will be no discussants for the papers presented at the sessions on Tuesday morning that are joint with Macroeconomics and Productivity
Monday, July 20
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:50 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am

Early Results from the RESET Demonstration Project: Inflation in Food at Home

Steve Coffey, Circana
Gabriel Ehrlich, University of Michigan
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Ron S. Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau, retired
David Johnson, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Tod Johnson, Circana
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Dominic Smith, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:40 am

Rethinking Inflation Inequality: Evidence from National Accounts

Marina Gindelsky, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Robert Martin, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Jake Orchard, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Geospatial Heterogeneity in Inflation: A Market Concentration Story

Seula Kim, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael A. Navarrete, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussant:
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:20 am

Measuring Consumption with Credit Card Data: Benchmarking and Beyond

Aditya Aladangady, University of Michigan
Ricardo Duque Gabriel, Federal Reserve Board
Carlo Wix, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant:
Karen Dynan, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

When GDP Misleads: Inferring Living Standards from the Value of a Statistical Life

Philip Trammell, Stanford University
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
John Fernald, INSEAD
1:40 pm

Is R&D Rivalry Slowing the Growth of Productive Firms?

Yoshiki Ando, Singapore Management University
James Bessen, Boston University
Xiupeng Wang, Northeastern University

Discussant:
Tania Babina, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

A Nonparametric Approach to the Measurement of Markups and Productivity (slides)

W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and NBER
Kevin J. Fox, University of New South Wales

Discussant:
Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER
3:20 pm

The Seasons They Are A-Changin': A Century of Definitions and a Way Forward

Carter Bryson, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Gary Cornwall, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Discussant:
Christian K. Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:00 pm
Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
The NBER Economic Measurement Research Institute (EMRI)
4:30 pm
CRIW Membership Meeting
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 21
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries

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

Ray of Hope? China and the Rise of Solar Energy (slides)

John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Robin Burgess, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Pol Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Yifan Wang, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Dávid László, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
9:40 am

Safety in Unemployment and Risky Experimentation of Young Firms

Renato Faccini, Danmarks Nationalbank
Seho Kim, Danmarks Nationalbank
Javier Miranda, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Still Waters, Rapid Currents: Early Labor Market Transformation under Generative AI

Anders Humlum, The University of Chicago and NBER
Emilie Vestergaard, University of Copenhagen
11:20 am

The Skill Premium in Times of Rapid Technological Change

Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Aakash Kalyani, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
Continues in Charles B
1:00 pm

Quantifying Productivity Growth in Medical Care: 20 Years of Evidence From Nine Health Conditions

Calvin Ackley, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
John Romley, University of Southern California

Discussant:
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
1:40 pm

The Anatomy and Evolution of Survey Error

Bruce D. Meyer, The University of Chicago and NBER
Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI
Derek Wu, University of Virginia
Anthony Tatarka Patrick Langetieg, Internal Revenue Service

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

AI and Labor-Market Reallocation

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

Discussant:
Lukas Freund, Boston College
3:20 pm

Automation and Inequality: How Robots Shift Income Between Workers and Owners

Gaelan MacKenzie, Bank of Canada
Gabriela Galassi, Bank of Canada

Discussant:
Robert Seamans, New York University
4:00 pm
Adjourn