SI 2022 Economic Growth

Ufuk Akcigit, Francisco J. Buera, and David Lagakos, Organizers

July 14-15, 2022

University Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 14
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Recipes and Economic Growth: A Combinatorial March Down an Exponential Tail (slides)
Discussant: Jeremy Pearce, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Global Innovation and Knowledge Diffusion
Discussant: Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Growth Off the Rails: Aggregate Productivity Growth in Distorted Economies
Discussant: David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: Evidence from Mobile Payments
Discussant: Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

New Evidence on Sectoral Labor Productivity: Implications for Industrialization and Development (slides)
Discussant: Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Growth and the Fragmentation of Production
Discussant: Santiago Caicedo, Northeastern University
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Long-Term Effects of Industrial Policy
Discussant: Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality
Discussant: Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Aggregate and Distributional Effects of "Free" Secondary Schooling in the Developing World
Discussant: Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

University Research and the Market for Higher Education
Discussant: Alexander Monge-Naranjo, European University Institute
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Romer or Ricardo? (slides)
Discussant: Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy
Discussant: Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn