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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2013 NBER/CRIW Workshop

Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, Carol Corrado, and Charles R. Hulten, Organizers

July 15-16, 2013

Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Monday, July 15:

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:10 am

Introductions


9:15 am


Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Lucia Foster, Bureau of the Census
Ron S. Jarmin, Bureau of the Census
Itay Saporta Eksten, Stanford University
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER

Management in America

Discussant:  Jonathan Haskel, Imperial College

10:15 am

Break

10:45 am

David Byrne, Federal Reserve Board
Stephen D. Oliner, Federal Reserve Board
Daniel Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
Is the Information Technology Revolution Over?

Discussants:  Carol Corrado, The Conference Board
Charles Hulten, University of Maryland and NBER


12:00 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University
Mun Ho, Harvard University
Jon Samuels, Bureau of Economic Analysis
A Prototype Industry-Level Production Account for the United States, 1947-2010

Discussant:  Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER


2:00 pm


Panel:  Measuring and Analyzing the Impacts of Natural Disasters
Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Chair)
Charles Steindel, New Jersey Department of the Treasury
Javier Miranda, Bureau of the Census

Background papers:
Some Issues in Accounting for Disasters(Steindel)
Taken by Storm: Business Survival in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
(Javier Miranda, joint with Emek Basker, University of Missouri)
The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma on Business Establishments
(Javier Miranda joint with Ron Janim, Bureau of the Census)


3:00 pm


Break

3:30 pm

John Fernald, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mary Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Òscar Jorda, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Fernanda Nechio, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Okun’s Macroscope: The Cyclicality of Margins of Adjustment

Discussant: Valerie Ramey, University of California, San Diego and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Reception  - Royal Sonesta Hotel

Tuesday, July 16:

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Kirk White, U.S. Census Bureau
Plant-Level Productivity And Imputation Of Missing Data In U.S. Census Manufacturing Data

Discussant:  John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Leo A. Sveikauskas, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Samuel Rowe, Bureau of Labor Statistics
James Mildenberger,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jennifer Price,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur Young,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Productivity Growth in Construction

Discussant:  Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and NBER


11:30 am


Benjamin R. Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Home Productivity

Discussant:  Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland
 

12:30 pm

Lunch

Joint Session with Macroeconomics and Productivity

1:25 pm

John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
Claire LeLarge, SESSI
Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution:

2:10 pm

Break

2:30 pm

Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment

3:15 pm

William Hawkins, University of Rochester
Ryan Michaels, University of Rochester
Jiyoon Oh, Korea Development Institute
The Joint Dynamics of Capital and Employment at the Plant Level

4:00 pm

Adjourn