SI 2021 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Katharine G. Abraham, Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, and Carol A. Corrado, Organizers

July 19-20, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 19
 Session I: Recent Recessions and the Labor Market (Nicholas Bloom, Chair)
10:00 am

The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Dynamics and Employment: Real-Time Estimates With Homebase Data
10:15 am

Business Exit During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Non-Traditional Measures in Historical Context
10:30 am

Employer Reallocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Validation and Application of a Do-It-Yourself CPS
10:45 am

Analyzing Near-Current Employment Changes by Employer Characteristics using the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages and Current Employment Statistics (slides)
11:00 am
General discussion of new evidence on COVID and the labor market
11:20 am

Economic Adjustment during the Great Recession: The Role of Managerial Quality
Discussant: Daniela Scur, Cornell University
12:00 pm
Lunch break
Session II: Incomes and Inequality (Susanto Basu, Chair)
1:00 pm

Prices and Global Inequality: New Evidence from Worldwide Scanner Data
Discussant: Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER
1:40 pm

Asset Allocation and Returns in the Portfolios of the Wealthy
Discussant: Alice Henriques Volz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2:20 pm

Welfare and Output with Income Effects and Taste Shocks (slides)
Discussant: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
3:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 20
 Session III: Measurement in the Labor Market (Katharine Abraham, Chair)
10:00 am

New Work or Changes in Reporting? A Framework for Measuring Self-Employment Trends in Administrative Data (not available on livestream or to download)
Discussant: Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University
10:40 am

Skills, Degrees and Labor Market Inequality
Discussant: Jamin Speer, University of Memphis
11:20 am

Changing Income Risk Across the US Skill Distribution: Evidence from a Generalized Kalman Filter
Discussant: Sergio Salgado, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 pm
Lunch break
Session IV: Market Structure and Intangibles (Carol Corrado, Chair)
1:00 pm

The Evolution of U.S. Retail Concentration (slides)
Discussant: Nicholas Trachter, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1:40 pm

Intangibles, Markups, and the Measurement of Productivity Growth
Discussant: John Fernald, INSEAD
2:20 pm

Hidden Software and Veiled Value Creation: Illustrations from Server Software Usage
Discussant: Carol Robbins, National Science Foundation
3:00 pm
Adjourn