Research on Income and Wealth (CRIW)

Katharine G. Abraham, Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, Carol Corrado, and Charles R. Hulten, Organizers

July 17-18, 2017

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Chair: Katharine Abraham
Inequality: Measurement and Firm Contributions
9:00 am
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Dorn, University of Zurich
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms   (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Jason Furman, Harvard University
9:45 am
Gerald Auten, Department of the Treasury
David Splinter, Joint Committee on Taxation

Using Tax Data to Measure Long-TermTrends in U.S. Income Inequality (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
Learning from Administrative Data
11:00 am
Kristin McCue, U.S. Census Bureau
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau
Cristina J. Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau

Business Dynamics and Workforce Characteristics: Integrating Demographic Data with Business Administrative Data (AUTHOR SLIDES)
11:20 am
Kimberly Bayard, Federal Reserve Board
Emin Dinlersoz, U.S. Census Bureau
Timothy Dunne, Notre Dame University
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University
John J. Stevens, Federal Reserve Board

Early-Stage Business Formation: An Analysis of Applications for Employer Identification Numbers (AUTHOR SLIDES)
11:40 am
Fariha Kamal, U.S. Census Bureau

Business Dynamics of U.S. Exporters: Integrating Trade Transactions Data with Business Administrative Data
12:00 noon
Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Timothy J. Moore, Purdue University and NBER

Tariffs, Transport Costs, and Tax Evasion
12:30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chair: Susanto Basu
Factors Affecting Measured Productivity Growth
1:30 pm
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Missing Growth from Creative Destruction   (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
2:15 pm
Muge Adalet McGowan, OECD
Dan R. Andrews, OECD
Valentine Millot, OECD

Insolvency Regimes, Zombie Firms and Capital Reallocation   (AUTHOR SLIDES)  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, University of Maryland and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
Raymond Mataloni, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Dylan Rassier, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Kim J. Ruhl, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

Offshore Profit Shifting and Domestic Productivity Measurement   (AUTHOR SLIDES)  
Discussant: Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Chair: Nick Bloom
Morning joint with Macro-Productivity
9:00 am
Titan M. Alon, University of California, San Diego
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Robert C. Dent, Nomura Securities

Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit's Lasting Effects on Aggregate Productivity Growth (AUTHOR SLIDES)
Discussant: Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
9:45 am
Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve Board
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Ron S. Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University

Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Cian Ruane, International Monetary Fund

Misallocation or Mismeasurement? (AUTHOR SLIDES)  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
11:45 am
Martin Rotemberg, New York University
Kirk White, U.S. Census Bureau

Measuring Cross-Country Differences in Misallocation (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
Research on Income and Wealth continues in Charles A
Afternoon Chair: Carol Corrado
Welfare Contributions of New Technology
1:30 pm
Charles R. Hulten, University of Maryland and NBER
Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Accounting for Growth in the Age of the Internet: The Importance of Output-Saving Technical Change (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis, retired
2:00 pm
Kevin Fox, University of New South Wales
W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and NBER

The Digital Economy, GDP and Consumer Welfare (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Independent Consultant
2:30 pm
Break
Measuring a Changing Economy
3:00 pm
Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Shawn D. Klimek, Department of Commerce

Customer-Employee Substitution: Evidence from Gasoline Stations  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
3:30 pm
Alvin So, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steven Sawyer, Bureau of Labor Statistics

A New Approach for Quality Adjusting PPI Microprocessors (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: David M. Byrne, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer)