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

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street,Toronto, ON Canada M5S 3E6

Conference Code of Conduct

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
Required Reading

Required Reading
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor
Required Reading

Required Reading

Required Reading

Required Reading
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Economics and Algorithmic Bias
Required Reading

Required Reading
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

The Changing Geography of Work and Wages
Required Reading

Required — but not necessary to master all 106 pages!
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

AI and Aggregate Productivity
Required Reading

Required Reading
4:30 pm
Group Exercise
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner at Signatures Restaurant, Intercontinental Hotel
220 Bloor Street West, Toronto