SI 2019 Macroeconomics and Productivity

Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, and Chad Syverson, Organizers

July 16, 2019

Charles Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with CRIW
9:00 am

The Effects of Foreign MNEs on Workers and Firms in the United States (slides)
(discussant slides)
Discussant: Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago and NBER
9:45 am

Technological Innovation and Labor Income Risk (slides)
(discussant slides)
Discussant: Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Immigration, Innovation, and Growth (slides)
(discussant slides)
Discussant: Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:45 am

The Life-cycle Growth of Plants: The Role of Productivity, Demand and Wedges
Discussant: Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Charles A

Leverage over the Life Cycle Firm Growth and Aggregate Fluctuations
Discussant: Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
2:15 pm
Charles A

From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share
Discussant: Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Charles A

Productivity, (Mis)allocation and Trade
Discussant: Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception, Royal Sonesta Hotel