NBER Young Scholars Workshop on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker, Organizers
September 25, 2019
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street,Toronto, ON Canada M5S 3E6
| Wednesday, September 25 | ||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Introductions, Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER | |
| 9:30 am |
The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Economics and Algorithmic Bias |
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Required Reading |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |
| 2:15 pm |
The Changing Geography of Work and Wages |
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Required — but not necessary to master all 106 pages! |
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
AI and Aggregate Productivity |
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| 4:30 pm | Group Exercise | |
| 6:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner at Signatures Restaurant, Intercontinental Hotel 220 Bloor Street West, Toronto |
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