IZA Workshop: The Macroeconomics of Labor Productivity
November 10, 2022 - November 11, 2022
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IZA Workshop: The Macroeconomics of Labor Productivity

November 10, 2022 - November 11, 2022
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Organizers: Michael C. Burda(Humboldt University Berlin and IZA),John Fernald(INSEAD and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco),Simon Trenkle(IZA and IAB)
Event Manager: Dominik Spitza

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+++ presentation: 30 min incl. Q&A +++

Thursday, November 10

15:15 - 15:30

Welcome and Introduction

Michael C. Burda(Humboldt University Berlin and IZA)

Session A

Chair:Simon Trenkle(IZA and IAB)

15:30 - 16:00

Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and IZA), Drake Palmer (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Jay Stewart (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and IZA)
“工作时间COVID-19大流行期间:Implications for Labor Productivity Measures"

16:00 - 16:30

Catherine Robinson(University of Kent), Mary O'Mahony (Kings College London), Catherine Robinson (University of Kent), Michela Vecchi (Kingston University)
"Working in an Immaterial World: Intangible Assets and the Supply and Demand for Skilled Labor"

16:30 - 17:00

John Fernald(INSEAD and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
"The Impact of COVID on Productivity and Potential Output"

17:00 - 17:15

Break / Breakout Session

Session B

Chair:John Fernald(INSEAD and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

17:15 - 17:45

James Traina(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Ivan Kirov (Analysis Group)
"Labor Market Power and Technological Change in US Manufacturing"

18:15 - 18:45

Felix Wellschmied(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and IZA), Christian Bayer (University of Bonn and IZA), Rudi Bachmann (University of Notre Dame), Heiko St�ber (University of Nurnberg and IZA)
"Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany Has not Converged"

18:45 - 19:00

Break / Breakout Session

Keynote I

Chair:Michael C. Burda(Humboldt University Berlin and IZA)

19:00 - 20:00

Robert J. Gordon(Northwestern University)
"A New Interpretation of Productivity Dynamics in the Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic-Era U.S. Economy"

Friday, November 11

Session C

Chair:Michael C. Burda(Humboldt University Berlin and IZA)

15:30 - 16:00

Aspen Gorry(Clemson University), Paul Gaggl (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Christian vom Lehn (Brigham Young University and IZA)
"Structural Change in Production Networks and Economic Growth"

16:00 - 16:30

Akos Valentinyi(University of Manchester), Berthold Herrendorf (Arizona State University), Richard Rogerson (Princeton University)
"New Evidence on Sectoral Labor Productivity: Implications for Industrialization and Development"

16:30 - 17:00

Carol Scotese(Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Task Reallocation: A Cohort Analysis"

17:00 - 17:15

Break / Breakout Session

Session D

Chair:Simon Trenkle(IZA and IAB)

17:45 - 18:15

Daniela Vidart(University of Connecticut), Xiao Ma (Peking University), Alejandro Nakab (Universidad Torcuato di Tella)
"How do Workers Learn? Theory and Evidence on the Roots of Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation"

18:15 - 18:45

Georg Duernecker(Goethe University Frankfurt), Berthold Herrendorf (Arizona State University), Akos Valentinyi (University of Manchester)
"Structural Change within the Services Sector and the Future of Cost Disease"

18:45 - 19:00

Break / Breakout Session

Keynote II

Chair:Michael C. Burda(Humboldt University Berlin and IZA)

19:00 - 20:00

Josep Pijoan-Mas(CEMFI)
"Dual Labor Markets, Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Productivity"

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