SI 2018 Research on Income and Wealth

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

July 16-17, 2018

Charles Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Kristin Sandusky, US Census Bureau
James Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau, retired

Driving the Gig Economy (slides)
Discussant: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
9:45 am
Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phai Phongthiengtham, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan and NBER
Daniel I. Tannenbaum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Evolving U.S. Occupational Structure (slides)
Discussant: Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
J. Frank Li, University of British Columbia

Measuring the Effects of Firm Uncertainty on Economic Activity: New Evidence from One Million Documents
11:20 am
Kevin Rinz, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

The Distributional Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data
11:40 am
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Kristin Sandusky, US Census Bureau

Aggregate Labor Market Fluidity
12:00 n
Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board
Ryan Monarch, Syracuse University

Estimating Unequal Gains across U.S. Consumers with Supplier Trade Data
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Jenny Bourne, Carleton College
C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute
Brian Raub, Internal Revenue Service

More Than They Realize: The Income of the Wealthy (slides)
Discussant: John Sabelhaus, Brookings Institution
2:15 pm
Seth Pruitt, Arizona State University
Nicholas Turner, Federal Reserve Board

The Nature of Household Labor Income Risk
Discussant: Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics
Erick Sager, Federal Reserve Board

What Are the Price Effects of Trade? Evidence from the U.S. and Implications for Quantitative Trade Models
Discussant: Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Joint with Macro-Productivity
9:00 am
Thomas R. Tørsløv, University of Copenhagen
Ludvig S. Wier, University of Copenhagen
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Missing Profits of Nations (slides)
Discussant: Mihir A. Desai, Harvard University and NBER
9:45 am
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER

Accounting for Factorless Income
Discussant: Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Nicola Pierri, International Monetary Fund
Francesco Manaresi, Bank of Italy

Credit Supply and Productivity Growth
Discussant: Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
11:45 am
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Stephan Hollander, Tilburg University
Laurence van Lent, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Ahmed Tahoun, London Business School

Firm-Level Political Risk: Measurement and Effects (slides)
Discussant: Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Jonathan C. Weinhagen, Bureau of Labor Statistics

An Innovative Approach for Estimating Input to Industry Price Indexes (slides)
1:50 pm
Brendan K. Williams, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Erick Sager, Federal Reserve Board

A New Vehicles Transaction Price Index: Offsetting the Effects of Price Discrimination and Product Cycle Bias with a Year-Over-Year Index (slides)
2:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Joshua Gallin, Federal Reserve Board
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board
Raven Molloy, Federal Reserve Board
Kamila Sommer, Federal Reserve Board
Paul A. Smith, Federal Reserve Board

Measuring Aggregate Housing Wealth: New Insights from an Automated Valuation Model (slides)
Discussant: Michael Luca, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
3:15 pm
Seidu Dauda, World Bank Group
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Anne E. Hall, HHS ASPE

Are Medical Care Prices Still Declining? A Systematic Examination of Quality-Adjusted Price Index Alternatives for Medical Care (slides)
Discussant: David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer)