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2002 Technology, Growth, and the Labor Market Conference - Program Agenda

FINAL PROGRAM — LINKS TO PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS APPEAR BELOW. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2002

6:00 P.M.	Conference reception and dinner, The Commerce Club

Introduction of Speaker JACK GUYNN, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Speaker: EDWARD M. GRAMLICH, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2002

8:00 A.M.	Registration and continental breakfast, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

8:45	Opening remarks

JACK GUYNN, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta PAUL ROSSER, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

9:00	Session 1: Technology, Productivity, and the “New Economy”

Projecting Productivity Growth: Lessons from the Recent U.S. Growth Resurgence KEVIN STIROH, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Presentation (PDF) Information Technology and Productivity: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? DANIEL SICHEL, Senior Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System STEPHEN OLINER, Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Presentation (PDF) Session Discussant: JOHN FERNALD, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Discussion (PDF)

10:15	Coffee break

10:30	Session 2: Technology and the Labor Market—Micro Issues

Skill Demand, Inequality, and Computerization: Connecting the Dots DAVID AUTOR, Assistant Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presentation (PDF) Skill-Biased Technological Change and the Labor Market: Some Problems and Puzzles JOHN DINARDO, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Presentation (PDF) Session Discussant: DONNA GINTHER, Research Economist and Associate Policy Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discussion (PDF)

Noon	Luncheon

Will the Recovering Economy Still Be a “New Economy”? ALICE RIVLIN, Henry Cohen Professor, New School University; Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; and former Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

1:30 P.M.	Session 3: Technology and the Labor Market—Macro Issues

Wage and Productivity Dispersion in U.S. Manufacturing: The Role of Computer Investment JOHN HALTIWANGER, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, and Chief Economist, Bureau of the Census Presentation (PDF) Session Discussant: ROBERT A. EISENBEIS, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discussion (PDF)

2:15	Coffee break

2:30	Session 4: Technology and Productivity in the Firm

Productivity, Computerization, and Skill Change EDWARD WOLFF, Professor of Economics, New York University Presentation (PDF) Technology Shocks and Problem-Solving Capacity KATHRYN SHAW, Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University Presentation (PDF) Session Discussant: PAULA STEPHAN, Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Discussion (PDF)

3:45	Conference close