NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC |
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Conference on Research on Income
and Wealth |
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Ernst R. Berndt, Carol Corrado,
and Charles M. Hulten, Co-organizers |
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July 26-27, 2004 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
5 Cambridge Parkway |
Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY,
JULY 26: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 a.m. |
HYOWOOK
CHIANG, University of Maryland |
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CHERYL
GRIM, University of Maryland |
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JOHN
HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER |
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LARRY
HUNTER, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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RON
JARMIN, Bureau of the Census |
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NICOLE
NESTORIAK, University of Maryland |
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KRISTIN
SANDUSKY, LEHD |
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JEONGIL
SEO, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Firm Performance, Workforce Quality and Workforce
Churning |
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Discussant: KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University and NBER |
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10:00
a.m. |
Break |
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10:15
a.m. |
ELIZABETH
DAVIS, University of Minnesota |
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MATTHEW
FREEDMAN, University of Maryland |
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JULIA
LANE, Urban Institute |
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BRIAN
MCCALL, University of Minnesota |
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NICOLA
NESTORIAK, University of Maryland |
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TIMOTHY
PARK, University of Georgia |
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How Do Industry Human Resource Practices Change? The Impact of Competition on the Retail Food Sector |
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Discussant: RON JARMIN, Census Bureau |
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11:15
a.m. |
Break |
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11:30
a.m. |
HYOWOOK
CHIANG, University of Maryland |
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CHIP
HUNTER, University of Wisconsin |
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RON
JARMIN, Census Bureau |
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NICOLE
NESTORIAK, University of Maryland |
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KRISTIN
SANDUSKY, LEHD |
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JEONGIL
SEO, University of Wisconsin |
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Internal
Labor Markets and Diversification Strategies in Financial Services |
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Discussant: JEFFREY BERNSTEIN, Carleton University and
NBER |
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12:30
p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
FREDRIK
ANDERSSON, Bureau of the Census |
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MIKE
BELZER, Wayne State University |
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CLAIR
BROWN, UC, Berkeley |
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BENJAMIN
CAMPBELL, UC, Berkeley |
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YOOKI
PARK, UC, Berkeley |
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STAN
SEDO, University of Michigan |
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Thriving
or Surviving? Firms Job Ladders and Workers Career Paths in High-Tech and
Low-Tech Industries |
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Discussant: EDWARD N. WOLFF, New York University and
NBER |
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
RALF
MARTIN, London School of Economics |
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Discussant: J. JOSEPH BEAULIEU, Federal Reserve Board |
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3:45 p.m. |
Break |
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4:00 p.m. |
STEVEN
DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER |
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JOHN
HALTIWANGER, Maryland and NBER |
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Discussant:
WAYNE GRAY, Clark University and NBER |
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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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TUESDAY,
JULY 27, 2004 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00 a.m. |
ANA
AIZCORBE, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Discussant:
MIKE HARPER, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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10:00
a.m. |
Break |
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10:15
a.m. |
CHRISTOPHER
R. KNITTEL, UC, Davis and NBER |
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VICTOR
STANGO, Dartmouth College |
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Discussant: ELIZABETH KISER,
Federal Reserve Board |
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11:15
a.m. |
Break |
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11:30
a.m. |
ALAN
WHITE and JAISON ABEL, Analysis Group |
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ERNST
BERNDT, MIT and NBER |
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CORY
MONROE, MIT |
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Hedonic
Price Indexes for Personal Computer Operating Systems |
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and
Productivity Suite |
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Discussant: TIMOTHY ERICKSON, Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
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12:30
p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
CAROL
CORRADO, Federal Reserve Board |
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CHARLES
HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER |
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DANIEL
SICHEL, Federal Reserve Board |
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The Contribution of Intangible Investments to U.S.
Economic Growth: A Sources-of-Growth Analysis |
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Discussant:
DALE JORGENSON, Harvard University |
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
ARTURO
ESTRELLA, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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Decoding
Productivity: |
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Decoding Productivity: Business Cycle Properties of Labor Productivity
Growth |
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Discussant: ROBERT GORDON, Northwestern University and
NBER |
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3:45 p.m. |
Break |
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4:00 p.m. |
MIKE
HARPER and PETER B. MEYER, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Research on Preliminary Estimates of Multifactor
Productivity Growth |
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Discussant: DANIEL SICHEL, Federal Reserve Board |
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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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7/7/04 |
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