SI 2024 Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

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

July 15-16, 2024

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:50 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Eric English, U.S. Census Bureau
Kyle K. Hood, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Lowell Mason, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brian Quistorff, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Expanding the Frontier of Economic Statistics Using Big Data: A Case Study of Regional Employment (slides)
Discussant: Leland D. Crane, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
9:40 am
Aaron B. Flaaen, Federal Reserve Board
Fariha Kamal, U.S. Census Bureau
Eunhee Lee, Seoul National University
Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston and NBER

Global Value Chains: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States (slides)
Discussant: Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am
J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
John Sabelhaus, Brookings Institution

Financing, Ownership, and Performance: A Novel, Longitudinal Firm-Level Database (slides)
11:00 am
J. Daniel Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Joonkyu Choi, Federal Reserve Board
Nathan Goldschlag, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

High-Growth Firms in the United States: Key Trends and New Data Opportunities (slides)
11:20 am
Cristina Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board

To Find Relative Earnings Gains After the China Shock, Look Upstream and Outside Manufacturing
11:40 am
Marina Gindelsky, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Robert Martin, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Polarization of Personal Saving
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Frank R. Lichtenberg, Columbia University and NBER
Kriste Krstovski, Columbia University

The Impact of Biomedical Innovation on U.S. Mortality, 1999-2019: Evidence Partly Based on 286 Million Descriptors of 27 Million PubMed Articles (slides)
Discussant: David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
1:40 pm
Dominic Smith, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michael Giandrea, Bureau of Labor Statistics
G. Jacob Blackwood, Amherst College
Cheryl Grim, U.S. Census Bureau
Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Zoltan Wolf, U.S. Census Bureau

Productivity Dispersion and Structural Change in Retail Trade
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm
Dan Cao, Georgetown University
Henry R. Hyatt, U.S. Census Bureau
Toshihiko Mukoyama, Georgetown University
Erick Sager, Federal Reserve Board

New U.S. Business Establishments: Surging or Stalling?
Discussant: Ryan A. Decker, Federal Reserve Board
3:20 pm
Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University
Filippo Biondi, KU Leuven
Matthias Mertens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sergio Inferrera, Queen Mary University of London

Declining Business Dynamism in Europe: The Role of Shocks, Market Power, and Technology (slides)
Discussant: John Fernald, INSEAD
4:00 pm
CRIW membership meeting
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Morning joint with Macro Productivity
9:00 am
Nicholas Lawson, Université du Québec à Montréal
Claire LeLarge, University of Paris Saclay
Grigorios Spanos, Geneva School of Economics and Management

The Minimum Wage in Firms' Organizations: Productivity Implications
Discussant: Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:40 am
Andrea Atencio, International Monetary Fund
Claudia Macaluso, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Chen Yeh, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Job Dynamics with Staffed Labor (slides)
Discussant: Daniela Scur, Cornell University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am
Vojislav Maksimovic, University of Maryland
Liu Yang, University of Maryland

What Do Unions Do? Incentives and Investments
Discussant: Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota and NBER
11:20 am
Russell Cooper, European University Institute
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Jonathan Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Declining Responsiveness at the Establishment Level: Sources and Productivity Implications (slides)
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
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Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics

Distributional Consumer Price Indices
Discussant: David Johnson, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
1:40 pm
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Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board
Ryan Monarch, Syracuse University

Who's Most Exposed to International Shocks? Estimating Differences in Import Price Sensitivity across U.S. Demographic Groups
Discussant: Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Independent Consultant
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm
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Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau

Tip of the Iceberg: Tip Reporting at U.S. Restaurants, 2005-2018 (slides)
Discussant: Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:20 pm
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Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Derek Wu, University of Virginia

Poverty in the United States
Discussant: James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky
4:00 pm
Adjourn