SI 2023 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

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

July 17-18, 2023

Charles Room AB

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Disaggregated Economic Activity
9:00 am
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER

Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: The Role of Structural Transformation (slides)
Discussant: Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
9:40 am
Benjamin R. Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Mahsa Agha Gholizadeh, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Andrea Batch, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Consumption Zones
Discussant: Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am
Brett Matsumoto, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert Martin, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Scott Curtin, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Distribution of US Personal Consumption Expenditures
Discussant: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER
11:20 am
Asger L. Andersen, University of Copenhagen
Emil Toft Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER
Niels Johannesen, University of Oxford
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER

Disaggregated Economic Accounts
Discussant: Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis, retired
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:59 pm
Measurement of Output and Productivity
1:00 pm
David M. Byrne, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Molly Harnish, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Transistors All the Way Down: Viability of Direct Volume Measurement (and Price Indexes) for Semiconductors
Discussant: Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1:40 pm
John Lourenze Salan Poquiz, Kings College London
Mary O'Mahony, King's College London
Faith Hyacinth M. Balisacan, Asian Development Bank

The Value of Free Digital Goods (slides)
Discussant: Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm
Tania Babina, Columbia University and NBER
Simcha Barkai, Boston College
Jessica Jeffers, HEC Paris
Ezra Karger, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ekaterina Volkova, University of Melbourne

Antitrust Enforcement Permanently Increases Economic Activity
Discussant: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:20 pm
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Cyril A. Verluise, Collége de France

A New Dataset to Study a Century of Innovation in Europe and in the US
Discussant: Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University and NBER
4:00 pm
Introduction of Robert Summers Fellows
4:15 pm
CRIW Members Meeting
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Morning joint with Macroeconomics and Productivity
9:00 am
Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER

Inequality and Measured Growth
Discussant: Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
9:40 am
Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER

Wage Inequality and the Spatial Expansion of Firms
Discussant: Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am
Paul Carrillo, George Washington University
Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich
Monica Singhal, University of California, Davis and NBER

Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries
Discussant: Cian Ruane, Central Bank of Ireland
11:20 am
Carter K. Davis, Indiana University
Alexandre B. Sollaci, International Monetary Fund
James Traina, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Profit Puzzles and the Fall of Public-Firm Profit Rates
Discussant: German Gutierrez, University of Washington
12:00 pm
Lunch
Meeting continues after lunch in Charles A.
12:59 pm
Income, Employment and Wealth
1:00 pm
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan

Comparing Survey and Administrative Measures of Self-Employment Income: New Implications from the Health and Retirement Study
Discussant: Susan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
1:40 pm
Jonathan Eggleston, U.S. Census Bureau
Mark A. Klee, U.S. Census Bureau
Robert O. Munk, U.S. Census Bureau

Self-Employment Status: Imputations, Implications, and Improvements
Discussant: Seth Murray, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm
Charles A. Bee, U.S. Census Bureau
Joshua W. Mitchell, U.S. Census Bureau
Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
Carl Sanders, Washington University in St. Louis
Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matt Unrath, University of Southern California

National Experimental Wellbeing Statistics
Discussant: Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
3:20 pm
Luis Bauluz, CUNEF Universidad
Timothy Meyer, University of Bonn

The Wealth of Generations
Discussant: Alice Henriques Volz, Federal Reserve Board
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception - Ballroom Foyer