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
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| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Introductions, Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER | |
| 9:30 am |
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Pascual Restrepo, Boston University and NBER Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Economics and Algorithmic Bias |
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Required Reading |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |
| 2:15 pm |
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER The Changing Geography of Work and Wages |
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Required Reading
Required — but not necessary to master all 106 pages! |
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER 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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