NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC
Productivity Program Meeting
Mark J. Roberts, Organizer
December 7, 2001
NBER's Offices
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6:
6:00 PM Group Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7:
8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM TOR JAKOB KLETTE, University of Oslo
ARVIND RAKNERUD, Statistics Norway
Discussant: NADIA SOBOLEVA, University of Toronto
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM JOHANNES VAN BIESEBROECK, University of Toronto
Productivity Dynamics with Technology Choice:
An Application to Automobile Assembly
Discussant: DAVID ACKERBERG, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM PLUTARCHOS SAKELLARIS and DANIEL WILSON, University of Maryland
Quantifying Embodied Technological Change
Discussant: RUSSELL COOPER, Boston University and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
Over, please!
Productivity Program, Page 2:
2:00 PM JOHN ABOWD, Cornell University and NBER
JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER
JULIA LANE, Urban Institute
KRISTIN SANDUSKY, U.S. Census Bureau
Within and Between Firm Changes in Human Capital, Technology, and Productivity
Discussant: ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER
LUCIA FOSTER, U.S. Census Bureau
C.J. KRIZAN, Fannie Mae
The Link Between Aggregate and Micro Productivity Growth:
Evidence from Retail Trade
Discussant: THOMAS HOLMES, University of Minnesota
4:15 PM Adjourn
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