36th Annual Virtual General Conference Preliminary Program, Hosted by Statistics Norway, August 23-27th Program as of August 27th All times are local time in Norway (CEST) Monday, August 23 2:00PM- 2:10PM CEST: Welcoming Remarks Welcoming Remarks Geir Axelsen (Director General, Statistics Norway) Marshall Reinsdorf (Chair of Conference Program Committee and Past President, IARIW) 2:10PM- 4PM CEST: Opening Plenary Organized by Statistics Norway Opening Plenary Session: Economic and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Organizer: Statistics Norway Chair: Linda Nøstbakken (Research Director, Statistics Norway) Bio 1. “The Great Lockdown: Dissecting the Economic Effects” Francesca Caselli (International Monetary Fund) Bio 2. “The Corona Pandemic – Consequences and Policies” Steinar Holden (University of Oslo, Norway) Bio 3. “COVID-19 Through the Lens of Real-time Micro Data for the Norwegian Labor Market” Simen Markussen (Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Norway) Bio Keynotes addresses will be followed by a panel discussion and questions from the floor. 4PM-4:30 PM CEST: Break 4:30PM- 6:30 PM CEST: Second Plenary IARIW Plenary Session: New Developments in Economic Measurement Organizer: Program Committee Chair: Kevin Fox (University of New South Wales, Australia) 1. “Quality Adjustment at Scale: Hedonic vs. Exact Demand- Based Price Indices” David Johnson (University of Michigan, United States), Matthew Shapiro (University of Michigan and NBER, United States), John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland and NBER, United States), Gabriel Ehrlich (University of Michigan, United States), Ron Jarmin (United States Census Bureau), Ed Olivares (University of Maryland, United States) and Laura Yi Zhao (University of Maryland, United States and Bank of Canada) [Background Paper] Proposal Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf (IMF – Retired) 2. “The ONS Online Time Use Survey: Creating a Feasible Platform for 21st Century Time Use Data Collection” Gueorguie Vassilev (Office for National Statistics, UK), Susannah East (Office for National Statistics, UK), William King (Office for National Statistics, UK), Chris Payne (Office for National Statistics, UK) and Sally Wallace (Office for National Statistics, UK) Proposal Discussant: Joachim Merz (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany) 3. “Wealth Inequality in the Long Run” Sonia Schifano (University of Luxembourg) and Guido Alfani (Bocconi University, Italy) Proposal Discussant: Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University, Canada) 4. “How Does Education Contribute to Productivity? An Intangible Infrastructure Approach Applied to the UK and the US.” Mary O’Mahony (King’s College London and Economics Statistics Center of Excellence, UK), Carol Corrado (The Conference Board and Georgetown University, United States) and Lea Samek (King’s College London and Economics Statistics Center of Excellence, UK) Proposal Discussant: Bart van Ark (University of Manchester, UK) 6:45- 8:00 CEST (Monday): Ruggles Lecture Chair: Marshall Reinsdorf (Past President, IARIW) Presentation of Ruggles Prize Ruggles Lecture: “Big Data for 21st Century Economic Statistics” Katharine Abraham (University of Maryland, United States) Presentation Recording of Ruggles Lecture: https://vimeo.com/593140108/3fc739947a Tuesday, August 24 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM (Tuesday): Poster Session 1 Poster Session 1A: 1. “Accounting for Non-market Household Production ‘Beyond GDP’: 20th Century Trends in Mother’s Milk Production” Julie Smith (Australian National University) Proposal 2. “Comparison of Equality and Levels of Wellbeing Across the Former USSR Countries Pre and Post Dissolution” Salih Abuelyamen (Association of Retired Staff of CBS Sudan) Proposal Poster Session 1B: 1. “Sustainability of the Process of Convergence in Poland” Dariusz Kotlewski (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) and Miroslaw Blazej (Statistics Poland) Proposal 2.“A Manufacturing Renaissance? Industrialization Trends in the Developing World” Hagen Kruse (GGDC, University of Groningen), Emmanuel Mensah (GGDC, University of Groningen), Kunal Sen (UNU WIDER), and Gaaitzen de Vries (GGDC, University of Groningen) Proposal 2PM- 4PM CEST (Tuesday): Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Globalization, Trade in Services, and Intangibles: Conceptual Challenges and Measurement Issues Organizers: Philippe Stauffer (Swiss Federal Statistical Office), Sanjiv Mahajan (Office for National Statistics, UK), Tanja Mucha (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) and John Haas (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) Chair: Philippe Stauffer (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) 1. “Reclaiming Relevance of the SNA Core” Michael Osterwald-Lenum (Statistics Denmark) Proposal Discussant: Sanjiv Mahajan (Office for National Statistics, UK) 2. “Norwegian Enterprises Involved in Global Manufacturing. Some Practical and Conceptual Problems” Oeyvind Woxmyhr Bersaas (Statistics Norway) and Trude Nygaard Evensen (Statistics Norway) Proposal Discussant: Philippe Stauffer (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) 3. “Accounting for Intangibles” Samuel Kortum (Yale University, United States) and Jonathan Eaton (The Pennsylvania State University, United States) Proposal Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf (IMF – Retired) 4. “The Treatment of International Sports Organizations in the Swiss National Accounts” Camille Gonseth (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) and Philippe Kuettel (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) Proposal Discussant: Sanjiv Mahajan (Office for National Statistics, UK) Session 2: The Potential and Challenges of Big Data and other Alternative Data in the Production of Prices, National Accounts, and Measures of Economic Well-Being Organizers: Catherine Van Rompaey (World Bank), Thesia I. Garner (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States), and Mary O’Mahony (King’s College London and Economics Statistics Center of Excellence, UK) Chair: Mary O’Mahony (King’s College London and Economics Statistics Center of Excellence, UK) 1. “On Top of the Top. Adjusting Wealth Distributions Using National Rich Lists” Franziska Disslbacher (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Michael Ertl (Austrian Federal Chamber of Labor), Emanuel List (Vienna University of Economics and Business and Macroeconomic Policy Institute), Patrick Mokre (Austrian Federal Chamber of Labor and The New School), and Matthias Schnetzer (Austrian Federal Chamber of Labor) Proposal Discussant: Kevin Moore (Federal Reserve Board, United States) 2. “Digital Opportunity: How Cloud Computing Changes the Shape of the UK Economy” Oleksii Romanko (Kings College London, UK) Proposal Discussant: Rebecca Riley (Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), UK) 3. “What’s in a Job? Measuring Skills From Online Job Adverts” Gueorguie Vassilev (Office for National Statistics, UK), Khloe Evans (Office for National Statistics, UK), and Oleksii Romanko (King’s College London, UK)Proposal Discussant: Lea Samek (OECD) 4. “Hedonic Imputation with Tree-based Decision Approaches” Shipei Zeng (University of New South Wales, Australia and Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, China) Proposal Discussant: Ana Aizcorbe (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States) Session 3: Time Use, Welfare and GDP I Organizers: Diane Coyle (Cambridge University, UK), Leonard Nakamura (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, United States) and Kevin Fox (University of New South Wales, Australia) Chair: Kevin Fox (University of New South Wales, Australia) 1. “Time Use and Household-Centric Measurement of Welfare in the Digital Economy” Leonard Nakamura (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, United States) and Diane Coyle (Cambridge University, UK) Proposal Discussant: Paul Schreyer (OECD, France) 2. “Accounting for Free Digital Services and Household Production — An Application to Facebook” Paul Schreyer (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Proposal Discussant: Diane Coyle (Cambridge University, UK) 3. “Household Innovation and R&D: Bigger Than You Think” Dan Sichel (Wellesley College, United States) and Eric von Hippel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) [Abstract] Discussant: Nick Oulton (London School of Economics, UK) 4. “Labor Market Trends and the Changing Value of Time” Job Boerma (University of Minnesota, United States) and Loukas Karabarbounis (University of Minnesota and National Bureau of Economic Research, United States) Proposal Discussant: Leonard Nakamura (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) Session 4: Globalization and Inequality I Organizers: Gaaitzen de Vries (University of Groningen, Netherlands) and Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Chair: Gaaitzen de Vries (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 1. “Is the Financial Market Driving the Income Distribution? – An analysis of the Linkage between Income and Wealth in Europe” Ilja Kristian Kavonius (European Central Bank) and Veli- Matti Toermaelehto (European Central Bank) Proposal Discussant: Tsvetana Spasova (University of Basel, Switzerland) 2. “Between Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Double Discrimination in Brazil” Laura Diniz Penteado de Barros (University of Göttingen, Germany) and Manuel Santos Silva (University of Münster, Germany) Proposal Discussant: Matteo Targa (German Institute for Economic Research) 3. “Decomposing the Between-firm Employment Earnings Dispersion in the Canadian Business Sector: The Role of Firm Characteristics” Beiling Yan (OECD), Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) and Douwere Grekou (Statistics Canada) Proposal Discussant: Gaaitzen de Vries (University