CRIW Pre-Conference on Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth

Susanto Basu, Lucy P. Eldridge, John C. Haltiwanger, and Erich H. Strassner, Organizers

September 30, 2021

on Zoom.us
Times in US EDT

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, September 30
9:00 am
Welcome
9:05 am

Data, Digitization, and Productivity (slides)
Discussant: Janice C. Eberly, Northwestern University and NBER
9:25 am

Valuing the U.S. Data Economy using Machine Learning and Online Job Postings (slides)
Discussant: Eleanor W. Dillon, Microsoft Research
9:45 am

Digital Concrete: Productivity in Infrastructure Construction (slides)
Discussant: Kevin J. Fox, University of New South Wales
10:05 am

The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the U.S. Construction Sector
Discussant: Wulong Gu, Statistics Canada
10:25 am
Break
10:35 am

An Occupation and Asset Driven Approach to Capital Utilisation Adjustment in Productivity Statistics (slides)
Discussant: Paul Schreyer, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
10:55 am

Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion (slides)
Discussant: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
11:15 am

Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
Discussant: Chiara Criscuolo, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
11:35 am

Firm Investments in Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Changes in Workforce Composition
Discussant: John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
11:55 am
Break
12:05 pm

Historical Geography of the Semiconductor Industry
Discussant: Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Independent Consultant
12:25 pm

TFP Accounting with Secondary Production
Discussant: John Fernald, INSEAD
12:45 pm

Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies
Discussant: Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
1:05 pm
Closing