SI 2019 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
Katharine G. Abraham, Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, and Carol Corrado, Organizers
July 15-16, 2019
Charles Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
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| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Germán Gutiérrez, University of Washington Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER Fading Stars (discussant slides)
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| 9:45 am |
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Chen Yeh, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Monopsony and Concentration in the Labor Market: Evidence from Vacancy and Employment Data (discussant slides)
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, Congressional Research Service Megafirms and Monopsonists: Not the Same Employers, Not the Same Workers |
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| 11:20 am |
Michael Webb, Stanford University The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labor Market |
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| 11:40 am |
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER Scott W. Ohlmacher, Federal Reserve Board Cristina J. Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau Melanie Wallskog, Duke University Management and Inequality |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
John M. Barrios, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Petro Lisowsky, Boston University Michael Minnis, University of Chicago Measurement Matters: Financial Reporting and Productivity |
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| 1:20 pm |
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER Adam Osman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Measuring Productivity: Lessons from Tailored Surveys and Productivity Benchmarking |
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| 1:40 pm |
Cindy Cunningham, Bureau of Labor Statistics Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau Cheryl Grim, U.S. Census Bureau John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER Sabrina Pabilonia, Bureau of Labor Statistics Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics Zoltan Wolf, U.S. Census Bureau Dispersion in Dispersion: Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Ekaterina S. Jardim, Amazon.com Gary Solon, University of Michigan and NBER Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? Evidence from Payroll Records in Washington State (discussant slides)
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| 3:15 pm |
Hugh Macartney, Duke University Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board Viviana Rodriguez, University of Texas at San Antonio Economic Shocks and Worker Inequality: Evidence from the Great Recession |
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| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 16 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| Morning Session Joint with Macroeconomics and Productivity | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Bradley Setzler, Pennsylvania State University and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER The Effects of Foreign MNEs on Workers and Firms in the United States (discussant slides)
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| 9:45 am |
Leonid Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jae Song, Social Security Administration Technological Innovation and Labor Income Risk (discussant slides)
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Konrad B. Burchardi, IIES, Stockholm University Thomas Chaney, University of Southern California Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER Lisa Tarquinio, University of Western Ontario Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER Immigration, Innovation, and Growth (discussant slides)
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| 11:45 am |
Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER The Life-cycle Growth of Plants: The Role of Productivity, Demand and Wedges
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
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Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Derek Wu, University of Virginia Victoria R. Mooers, Columbia University Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau The use and Misuse of Income Data and Extreme Poverty in the United States |
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2:00 pm
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Hie Joo Ahn, Federal Reserve Board James D. Hamilton, University of California, San Diego and NBER Measuring Labor-Force Participation and the Incidence and Duration of Unemployment |
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2:30 pm
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Matthew Smith, Department of the Treasury Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER Top Wealth in the United States: New Estimates and Implications for Taxing the Rich |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
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3:15 pm
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Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality (discussant slides)
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| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 5:15 pm | Reception, Royal Sonesta Hotel | |||