National Bureau of
Economic Research |
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth: |
Timothy Dunne, J. Bradford Jensen, Mark J. Roberts -
Organizers |
Producer
Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data |
April 8 and 9, 2005 |
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Hyatt Regency
Bethesda |
One
Bethesda Metro Center |
Bethesda
MD 20814 |
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PROGRAM |
Friday,
April 8, 2005 |
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8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome T. Dunne, J. B. Jensen, and M. Roberts |
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Introductory Remarks Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census |
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Session I: Employment Turnover |
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Chair: John Galvin, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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9:00 a.m. |
Measuring and
Analyzing Cross-Country Differences in Firm Dynamics |
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Eric Bartelsman, Free University of Amsterdam |
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John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER Stefano Scarpetta, The World Bank |
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Discussant: Timothy Dunne, University of Oklahoma |
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9:45 a.m. |
The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators |
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John Abowd, Cornell University and NBER |
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Kevin McKinney, Bureau of the Census |
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Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University |
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Simon Woodcock, Bureau of the Census |
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Discussant: Katharine Abraham, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 a.m. |
Business Employment Dynamics |
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Richard Clayton and James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
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Discussant: Kenneth Troske, University of Missouri |
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11:30 a.m. |
Studying the Labor Market with the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey |
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R. Jason Faberman, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Discussant: Éva Nagypál, Northwestern University |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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Session II: Topics in Firm Dynamics |
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Chair: Charles Hulten, University of Maryland and
NBER |
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1:30 p.m. |
Measuring The Dynamics of Young and Small Businesses: Integrating the Employer and Nonemployer Universes |
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Steven Davis, University of Chicago and NBER |
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John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER |
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Ron Jarmin, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of
the Census |
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C.J. Krizan, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of
the Census |
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Kristin Sandusky, Center for Economic Studies,
Bureau of the Census |
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Discussant: Thomas Holmes, University of Minnesota
and NBER |
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2:15 p.m. |
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Mary Ahearn, Jet Yee, and Penni Korb, Department of
Agriculture |
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Discussant: Spiro Stefanou, The Pennsylvania State
University |
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3:00 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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Session III:
International Trade and Producer Dynamics |
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Chair: David Richardson, Syracuse University and
NBER |
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3:15 p.m. |
Importers, Exporters and Multinationals: A Portrait of Firms in the U.S. that Trade Goods |
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Andrew Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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J. Bradford Jensen, Institute for International
Economics |
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Peter Schott, Yale University and NBER |
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Discussant: James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York and NBER |
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4:00 p.m. |
The Impact of
Trade on Plant Scale, Production-Run Length and Diversification |
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John Baldwin and Wulong Gu, Statistics Canada |
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Discussant: James Tybout, The Pennsylvania State
University and NBER |
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4:45 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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5:00 p.m. |
CRIW Members Meeting |
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Saturday, April 9, 2005 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session IV: Geography and Producer Dynamics |
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Chair: Frederick Knickerbocker, Bureau of the Census |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Mohammad Arzaghi, Brown University |
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James Davis, Boston Census Research Data Center |
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Discussant: Stuart Rosenthal, Syracuse University |
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9:45 a.m. |
The Evolution of Retail Markets in Metropolitan, Micropolitan and Rural Regions |
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Ron Jarmin, Shawn Klimek, and Javier Miranda Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census |
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Discussant: Jeffrey Campbell,Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago and NBER |
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10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 a.m. |
Entry and Exit in Geograpic Markets |
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Timothy Dunne, University of Oklahoma |
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Shawn Klimek, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of
the Census |
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Mark Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University and
NBER |
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Daniel Xu, The Pennsylvania State University |
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Discussant: Steven Berry, Yale University and NBER |
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11:30 a.m. |
Entry, Exit and Labour Productivity in U.K. Retailing: Evidence from Micro Data |
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Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun, University of
London |
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Discussant: David Audretsch, Indiana University |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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Session V:
Linkages Between Producer and Employee Dynamics |
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Chair: Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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1:30 p.m. |
The Link
Between Human Capital Flows, Mass Layoffs and Firm Deaths |
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John Abowd, Cornell University and NBER |
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Kevin McKinney, Bureau of the Census |
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Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University |
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Discussant: V. Joseph Hotz, UCLA and NBER |
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2:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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2:30 p.m. |
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Donald Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Kenneth Simons, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Tomas Lindstrom, National Institute of Economic
Research |
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Discussant: Judith Hellerstein, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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3:15 p.m. |
The Role of
Fringe Benefits in Employer and Workforce Dynamics |
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Anja Decressin, Tomeka Hill, Kristin McCue, and
Martha Stinson Bureau of the Census |
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Discussant: Daniel Black, Syracuse University |
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4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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