NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

 

Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Growth Meeting

 

Chad Jones and Pete Klenow, Organizers

 

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 16, 2004

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY,  JULY 16:

 

 

 8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

ALWYN YOUNG, University of Chicago and NBER

 

The Gift of the Dying: The Tragedy of AIDS and the Welfare of Future African Generations

 

 

 

 

 

Discussant: MATTHIAS DOEPKE, UC, Los Angeles

 

 

10:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:15 a.m.

ROCHELLE EDGE, Federal Reserve Board

 

THOMAS LAUBACH, OECD

 

JOHN C. WILLIAMS, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

 

Learning and Shifts in Long-Run Productivity Growth

 

 

 

Discussant: SUSANTO BASU, University of Michigan and NBER

 

 

11:15 a.m.

DIEGO RESTUCCIA, University of Toronto

 

DENNIS TAO YANG, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 

XIAODONG ZHU, University of Toronto

 

Agriculture and Aggregate Productivity: A Quantitative Cross-Country Analysis

 

 

 

Discussant: CHANG-TAI HSIEH, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

 

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

 1:15 p.m.

DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

 

The Form of Property Rights: Oligarchic vs. Democratic Societies

 

 

 

Discussant: VINCENZO QUADRINI, New York University and NBER

 

 

 2:15 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

EDWARD PRESCOTT, Arizona State University and NBER

 

Why Do Americans Work So Much More than Europeans?

 

 

 

Discussant: STEVEN DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

PAUL KLEIN, University of Western Ontario

 

GUSTAVO VENTURA, Pennsylvania State University

 

Do Migration Restrictions Matter?

 

 

 

Discussant: FRANCESCO CASELLI, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

 4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/6/04