CRIW Pre-Conference: The Changing Nature of Work

Susan N. Houseman, Anne Polivka, and Ayşegül Şahin, Organizers

July 17, 2024

Charles B

Format: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 17
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome and Conference Overview
9:00 am
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
Andrew Joung, University of Michigan

Understanding Self-Employment Trajectories and their Effects on Wellbeing in the United States
Discussant: Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
9:30 am
Rachel Atkins, St. John’s University
Quentin O. Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago
Katie Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago

Understanding the Online Platform Based “Gig” Workforce in the U.S.: Evidence from the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey
Discussant: Mary Burke, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
10:00 am
Lynsey Brown, Office for National Statistics
Francesca Foliano, University College London
Rebecca Riley, King's College London
Mechelle Viernes, King's College London

The Changing Nature of Work: What can we learn from Time Use Diaries?
Discussant: Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Alicia Miller, Internal Revenue Service

The Evolution of Platform Gig Work, 2012-2021
Discussant: Mike Zabek, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
11:15 am
Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The Growth of Contract Labor in Manufacturing
Discussant: Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
11:45 am
Edward Freeland, Princeton University
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Linh T. Tô, Boston University

Why Do People Choose Alternative Work Arrangements? Evidence from A Survey Experiment
Discussant: Gizem Koşar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
David H. Oh, Bureau of Labor Statistics

What Makes Work-from-Home Work? Evidence on Telework and Worker Tasks
Discussant: Lisa Ho, Yale University
1:45 pm
Ekaterina Prytkova, University of Sussex
Fabien Petit, UCL
Deyu Li, Utrecht University
Sugat Chaturvedi, Ahmedabad University
Tommaso Ciarli, University of Sussex

The Employment Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies
Discussant: Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:15 pm
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The What and How of Measuring Digital Platform Work
Discussant: Vincent Hardy, Statistics Canada
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Christopher Goetz, US Census Bureau
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Zachary Kroff, U.S. Census Bureau
Kristin Sandusky, U.S. Census Bureau
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau

Business Owners and the Self-employed: Thirty-three Million (and Counting!)
Discussant: Sergio Salgado, University of Pennsylvania
3:30 pm
Anja Warning, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Employers’ Requirements on New Employees: Experiences on Changes in Recruitment Processes in the German Labor Market
4:00 pm
Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Kathryn Bonney, U.S. Census Bureau
Cory Breaux, U.S. Census Bureau
Cathy Buffington, U.S. Census Bureau
Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Brian McKenzie, U.S. Census Bureau
Aaron K. Savage, U.S. Census Bureau
Cristina Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau

Using Two Perspectives to Get a Clearer View of Work from Home: Business and Household Surveys
Discussant: Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
4:30 pm
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Mohammad Ashoori, University of Maryland
Aref Darzi, University of Maryland
Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto, The World Bank
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Aliakbar Kabiri, University of Maryland
Erkut Y. Ozbay, University of Maryland

Local Variation in Onsite Work during the Pandemic and its Aftermath
Discussant: Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:00 pm
Adjourn