DRAFT AGENDA

2019 Ottawa Partners Meeting of the Productivity, Firms and Incomes Network

“Advances in the Study of Productivity”

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Note that all sessions will take place at the Bank of Canada, in the Conference Centre. To enter the Bank, please use the entrance to the Bank of Canada Museum, located at 30 Bank Street (corner of Bank and Wellington Streets) and bring a piece of government-approved photo identification.

09:00 – 09:15 Welcoming Remarks

Sharon Kozicki (Bank of Canada)

09:15 – 10:15 Session 1 – Wages and Productivity

Productivity and Pay: Is the Link Broken? Anna Stansbury (Harvard University) and Lawrence Summers (Harvard University)

Geographic Spillovers of Booms: The Effects of Canada’s Resource Boom on Canada-US Differences in Wages David Green (University of British Columbia), René Morrisette (Statistics Canada), Ben Sand (York University) and Iain Snoddy (University of British Columbia)

10:15 – 10:45 Refreshment Break

10:45 – 12:15 Session 2 – International Trade

Exchange Rates, Retailers and Importing: Theory and Firm-Level Evidence Patrick Alexander (Bank of Canada) and Alexander Chernoff (Bank of Canada)

The Impact of International Trade on Productivity Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary)

On the Origin of Trade Flows: Importers, Exporters and Products Michael Devereux (UBC), Wei Dong (Bank of Canada) and Ben Tomlin (Bank of Canada)

12:15 – 13:45 Lunch

Noel Terrace, 7C

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Firm Productivity and Innovation Pian Shu (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Claudia Steinwender (M.I.T.)

13:45 – 14:45 Session 3 – Immigration and Productivity

The Economic Performance of Immigrants in Canada Charles Bellemare (Université Laval), Natalia Kyui (Bank of Canada) and Guy Lacroix (HEC Montreal)

Processing Immigration Shocks: Firm Responses on the Innovation Margin Rowena Gray (University of California, Merced), Giulia Montresor (University of Essex) and Greg Wright (University of California, Merced)

14:45 – 15:00 Refreshment Break

15:00 – 15:45 Session 4 – The Future of Productivity Research

Firm-Level Productivity Research in Canada Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

15:45 – 16:00 Wrap-up

Mike Veall (McMaster University)