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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Conference on Research on Income and Wealth

Joint with

Aggregate Implications of Microeconomic Consumption Behavior Workshop

 

July 13, 2009

 

Ernst R. Berndt, Christopher Carroll, Carol A. Corrado, Charles R. Hulten and

Robert McClelland, Organizers

 

Conference on Research on Income and Wealth

 

July 14, 2009

 

Ernst R. Berndt, Carol A. Corrado, and Charles R. Hulten , Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 13: 

 

 

 8:15 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 8:45 am

ORAZIO ATTANASIO, University College London and NBER

 

Opening Remarks

 

 

 9:15 am

KAREN GOLDENBERG, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

JAY RYAN, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Evolution and Change in the Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Adapting Methodologies to Meet Changing Needs

 

 

 

 THESIA GARNER, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 WILLIAM PASSERO, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Consumer Expenditure Survey from a BLS Perspective

 

 

10:15 am

Break

 

 

10:45 am

PANEL  DISCUSSION

 

JAMES POTERBA (Chair), MIT and NBER

 

BARRY BOSWORTH, The Brookings Institution

 

CHRISTOPHER CARROLL, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

 

J. STEVEN LANDEFELD, Bureau of Economic Analysis

 

JONATHAN PARKER. Northwestern University and NBER

 

 

12:15 am

ROBERT McCLELLAND, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Reply and Final Thoughts

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm

ERICH BATTISTIN, University of Padova

 

MARIO PADULA, University of Venice

 

Survey Instruments and the Reports of Consumption Expenditures: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys

 

 

 

Discussant: DAVID JOHNSON, Bureau of the Census

 

 

 2:30 am

MICHAEL HURD, Rand Corporation and NBER

 

SUSANN ROHWEDDER, Rand Corporation

 

Methodological Innovations in Collecting Spending Data: The HRS Consumption and Activities Mail Survey

 

 

 

Discussant: FRANK STAFFORD, University of Michigan

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

 4:00 am

BRUCE D. MEYER, University of Chicago and NBER

 

JAMES X. SULLIVAN, University of Notre Dame

 

Five Decades of Consumption and Income Poverty

 

 

 

Discussant: TIMOTHY SMEEDING, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 

 

 5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 14:

 

 

 

Conference on Research on Income and Wealth

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

STEVEN J. DAVIS, University of Chicago and NBER

 

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

 

RON JARMIN, Census Bureau

 

JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER

 

JAVIER MIRANDA, US Census Bureau

 

Private Equity, Jobs and Productivity

 

 

 

Discussant:   ERIC ZITZEWITZ, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

10:00 am

Break

 

 

10.30 am

ALWYN YOUNG, London School of Economics

 

Real Consumption Measures for the Poorer Regions of the World

 

 

 

SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER

 

CHRIS PAPAGEORGIOU, International Monetary Fund

 

WILL LARSON, George Washington University

 

ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN, Johns Hopkins University

 

Is Newer Better?  The Penn World Table Revisions and the Cross-Country Growth Literature

 

 

 

Discussants:   W. ERWIN DIEWERT, University of British Columbia and NBER

 

                        ALAN HESTON, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

 1.30 pm

DAVID BYRNE, Federal Reserve Board

 

Why are PCs Still Manufactured in the United States?

 

 

 

Discussant:  MIKE HARPER, Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

 2:30 pm

WENDY LI, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

 

Global Sourcing in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the IT Hardware Industry

 

 

 

Discussant:  CAROL CORRADO, The Conference Board

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

 4:00 pm

CHARLES HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER

 

Decoding Microsoft:  Intangible Capital as a Source of Company Growth

 

 

 

Discussant:  LEONARD NAKAMURA, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 

 

 5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

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