AEASTAT: 2020 Annual Meeting

Sessions for AEA Committee on Economic Statistics

Session 1: New Approaches to Measuring Technology and Innovation
Chair: Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Third Way

Measuring Technology Adoption in Enterprise-Level Surveys: The Annual Business Survey - David Beede, U.S. Census Bureau, Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cathy Buffington, U.S. Census Bureau, Emin Dinlersoz, U.S. Census Bureau, Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau, Nathan Goldschlag, U.S. Census Bureau, Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto, and Nikolas Zolas, U.S. Census Bureau

Quantifying the Impact of AI on Productivity and Labor Demand: Evidence from United States Census Microdata - Dean Alderucci, Carnegie Mellon University, Lee Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University, Ed Hovy, Carnegie Mellon University, Andrew Runge, Carnegie Mellon University, and Nikolas Zolas, U.S. Census Bureau

Data Development and Measurement of the Economic Geography of Robotics - Nancy Green Leigh, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ben Kraft, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Heon Yeong Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology

Session 2: Economic Measurement Challenges in the Digital Economy
Chair: John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland

GDP-B: Accounting for the Value of New and Free Goods in the Digital Economy - Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Avinash Collis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia, Felix Eggers, University of Groningen, and Kevin Fox, University of New South Wales

The Welfare Effects of Social Media - Hunt Allcott, New York University, Luca Braghieri, Stanford University, Sarah Eichmeyer, Stanford University, and Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University

Innovation-a: What Do IP-intensive Stock Price Indexes Tell Us about Innovation? - Carol Corrado, The Conference Board, David Martin, M-Cam International, and Qianfan Wu, M-Cam International

Estimating Family Income from Administrative Banking Data: A Machine Learning Approach - Diana Farrell, JP Morgan Chase Institute, Fiona Greig, JP Morgan Chase Institute, andErica Deadman, JP Morgan Chase Institute

Session 3: Improving Economic Price Statistics through the Use of Alternative Data
Chair: Erica Groshen, Cornell University

Using Insurance Claims Data in the Medical Price Indexes - Brett Matsumoto, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, John Bieler, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Brian Parker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Daniel Wang, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Caleb Cho, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Nontraditional Data Approach to the CPI Gasoline Index: CPI Crowd-Sourced Motor Fuels Data Analysis Project - John Bieler, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sarah Niedergall, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, David Popko, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Ilmo Sung, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Implementing an Alternative Data Source to Estimate Producer Price Indexes for Selected Financial Services - Jeffrey Hill, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Kathleen Frawley, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Using Administrative Data to Calculate Export Price Indexes - Susan Fleck, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Don Fast, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics