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 over the Life Course 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
Francesca Foliano, University College London
Rebecca Riley, King's College London
Mechelle Viernes, King's College London
Lynsey Brown, Office for National Statistics

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, 2012-2023 (slides)
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 Rise of the Contract Workforce in U.S. 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

How Do Workers Think About The Costs and Benefits of Freelance Work? New Evidence From a Survey Experiment (slides)
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 Cote d'Azur
Fabien Petit, UCL

The Employment Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies: Evidence from US Labor Markets (slides)
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: Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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

Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home (slides)
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 (slides)
Discussant: Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:00 pm
Adjourn