AEASTAT: 2016 Annual Meeting

Sessions for AEA Committee on Economic Statistics, 2016 ASSA meetings

Session 1: Private Data
Presiding: JOHN ABOWD (Cornell University)

International Data on Firm Management and Organization
NICHOLAS BLOOM (Stanford University), RAFFAELLA SADUN (Harvard University), and JOHN VAN REENEN (London School of Economics)
Private Markets, Public Research
JOSH LERNER (Harvard University), and LESLIE JENG (Private Capital Research Institute)
Search Engine Data
HAL VARIAN (Google)
Modernizing Federal Economic Statistics
RON JARMIN (U.S. Census Bureau), and WILLIAM BOSTIC (U.S. Census Bureau)


Session 2: Productivity Dispersion and Wage Inequality
Presiding: JOHN HALTIWANGER (University of Maryland)

Dispersion in Dispersion: Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity
LUCIA S. FOSTER (U.S. Census Bureau), CHERYL GRIMM (U.S. Census Bureau), SABRINA PABILONIA (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), JAY STEWART (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), ZOLTAN WOLF (Westat), and CINDY ZOGHI (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Firm Performance and the Volatility of Worker Earnings
CHINHUI JUHN (University of Houston), KRISTIN McCUE (U.S. Census Bureau), HOLLY MONTI (U.S. Census Bureau), and BROOKS PIERCE (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
How Persistent Are Establishment Wage Differentials?
MATT DEY (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), and JAY STEWART (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Augmenting the Human Capital Earnings Equation with Measures of the Place Where You Work
ERLING BARTH (University of Oslo), JAMES C. DAVIS (U.S. Census Bureau), and RICHARD B. FREEMAN (Harvard University)

Discussants:
CHAD SYVERSON (University of Chicago)
GARY SOLON (University of Arizona)
JASON FABERMAN (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
STEVEN J. DAVIS (University of Chicago)


Session 3: Evaluating Survey Data Using Administrative Records
Presiding: CHRISTOPHER BOLLINGER (University of Kentucky)

The Wealth of Wealthholders
JOHN AMERIKS (Vanguard Group), ANDREW CAPLIN (New York University),
MINJOON LEE (University of Michigan), MATTHEW SHAPIRO (University of Michigan), and CHRISTOPHER TONETTI (Stanford University),
Do Inputed Earnings Earn Their Keep? Evaluating SIPP Earnings and Non-Response with Administrative Records
REBECCA L. CHENEVERT (U.S. Census Bureau), MARK A. KLEE (U.S. Census Bureau), and KELLY R. WILKIN (U.S. Census Bureau),
Measuring Levels and Trends in Earnings Inequality with Nonresponse, Imutation, and Topcoding
CHRISTOPHER BOLLINGER (University of Kentucky), BARRY HIRSCH (Georgia State University), CHARLES HOKAYEM (Centre College), and JAMES P. ZILIAK (University of Kentucky)
SRMI Multiple Imputation in the CPS ASEC
CHARLES HOKAYEM (Centre College), TRIVELLORE RAGHUNATHAN (University of Michigan), and JONATHAN ROTHBAUM (U.S. Census Bureau)

Discussants:
JOANNE HSU (Federal Reserve Board)
DAVID JOHNSON (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
JONATHAN SCHWABISH (Urban Institute)
JEFF LARRIMORE (Federal Reserve Board)