SI 2022 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Katharine G. Abraham, Susanto Basu, and David M. Byrne, Organizers

July 18-19, 2022

Charles Room AB

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Session on Prices and Price Measurement
9:00 am

Measuring the Gains from Creative Destruction
Discussant: Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
9:40 am

Quality Adjustment at Scale: Hedonic vs. Exact Demand-Based Price Indices
Discussant: Ariel Pakes, Harvard University and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Nonparametric Measurement of Long-Run Growth in Consumer Welfare (slides)
Discussant: Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Independent Consultant
11:20 am

The Problem with Normalizing Preferences that Change in a Cost-of-Living Index
Discussant: Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Session on Income and Wealth Inequality
1:00 pm

The Role of Industry in Increasing Earnings Inequality: Reconciling Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data
Discussant: Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
1:40 pm

Technological Change, Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Case of Early 20th Century Agriculture
Discussant: James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Private Business Wealth and Rates of Return in the United States
Discussant: Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:20 pm

Assortative Mating and Wealth Inequality
Discussant: Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning session joint with Macro Productivity
9:00 am

Technology, Vintage-Specific Human Capital, and Labor Displacement: Evidence from Linking Patents with Occupations
Discussant: Stephen Hansen, University College London
9:40 am

Robot Adoption, Organizational Capital, and the Productivity Paradox
Discussant: Daniela Scur, Cornell University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Inappropriate Technology: Evidence from Global Agriculture
Discussant: Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER
11:20 am

Good Rents versus Bad Rents: R&D Misallocation and Growth (slides)
Discussant: Maarten De Ridder, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Afternoon Session on New Data Developments continues in Charles A
1:00 pm

A Long View of Employment Growth and Firm Dynamics in the United States: Importers vs. Exporters vs. Non-Traders
Discussant: Aaron B. Flaaen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:40 pm

Producing Quality Adjusted Hospital Price Indexes
Discussant: Jeremy Rudd, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

The Value of Private Business Wealth in the United States
Discussant: John Sabelhaus, The Brookings Institution
3:20 pm

Structural Change Within versus Across Firms: Evidence from the United States
Discussant: Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
4:00 pm
Adjourn