Research on Income and Wealth (CRIW)

Katharine G. Abraham, Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, Carol A. 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

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms   (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Jason Furman, Harvard University
9:45 am

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

Business Dynamics and Workforce Characteristics: Integrating Demographic Data with Business Administrative Data (AUTHOR SLIDES)
11:20 am

Early-Stage Business Formation: An Analysis of Applications for Employer Identification Numbers (AUTHOR SLIDES)
11:40 am

Business Dynamics of U.S. Exporters: Integrating Trade Transactions Data with Business Administrative Data
12:00 noon

Tariffs, Transport Costs, and Tax Evasion
12:30 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Chair: Susanto Basu
Factors Affecting Measured Productivity Growth
1:30 pm

Missing Growth from Creative Destruction   (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
2:15 pm

Insolvency Regimes, Zombie Firms and Capital Reallocation   (AUTHOR SLIDES)  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

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

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

Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Misallocation or Mismeasurement? (AUTHOR SLIDES)  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
11:45 am

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

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

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

Customer-Employee Substitution: Evidence from Gasoline Stations  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
3:30 pm

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)