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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Economic Growth

Charles I. Jones and Peter J. Klenow, Organizers

July 10, 2015

Skyline Suite

Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Friday, July 10


8:30 am


Coffee and pastries


9:00 am


Pascual Restrepo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
The Race between Machine and Man: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment

Discussant: Philippe Aghion, Harvard University and NBER

10:00 am

Break


10:15 am


Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Juan M. Sanchez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Washington University in St. Louis
Natural Resources and Global Misallocation

Discussant: James Feyrer, Dartmouth College and NBER


11:15 am


Break


11:30 am


Jose Asturias, School of Foreign Services in Qatar, Georgetown University
Manuel Garcia-Santana, ULB (ECARES)
Roberto Ramos, Bank of Spain
Competition and the Welfare Gains from Transportation Infrastructure: Evidence from the Golden Quadrilateral of India

Discussant: Benjamin Faber, University of California at Berkeley and NBER


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics
Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
Economic Development and the Spatial Allocation of Labor: Evidence from Indonesia

Discussant: Michael Waugh, New York University and NBER


2:30 pm


Break


2:45 pm


Francisco J. Buera, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER
The Global Diffusion of Ideas

Discussant: Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER


3:45 pm


Break


4:00 pm


Alexander Bick, Arizona State University
Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln, Goethe University
David Lagakos, University of California at San Diego and NBER
Measuring and Explaining International Differences in Hours Worked

Discussant: Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER


5:00 pm


Adjourn

6:30 pm

Reception and Group Dinner