Measuring and accounting for innovation in the 21st century.

• Position: Conferences

The NBER hosted a Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW) meeting, "Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the 21st Century," in Washington, D.C., on March 10-11. Carol Corrado of The Conference Board, Javier Miranda of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Jonathan Haskel of Imperial College London, and Research Associate Daniel Sichel of Wellesley College organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Charles Hulten, University of Maryland and NBER, and Leonard Nakamura, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "We See the Digital Revolution Everywhere Except in Real GDP"

* Katharine Abraham and John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER, and Kristin Sandusky and James Spletzer, Bureau of the Census, "Measuring the Gig Economy: Current Knowledge and Open Issues"

* Dominique Guellec and Caroline Paunov, OECD, "Digital Innovation and the Distribution of Income"

* Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, and Zoltan Wolf, Bureau of the Census, and John Haltiwanger, "Innovation, Productivity Growth, and Productivity Dispersion"

* Wesley Cohen, Duke University and NBER, and You-Na Lee and John Walsh, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Measuring the Several Faces of Innovation"

* Emin Dinlersoz, Nathan Goldschlag, and Nikolas Zolas, Bureau of the Census, and Amanda Myers, Patent and Trademark Office, "An Anatomy of Trademarking by Firms in the United States"

* Nathan Goldschlag, Ron Jarmin, and Nikolas Zolas, Bureau of the Census, and Julia Lane, New York University, "The Link between University R&D, Human Capital, and Business Startups"

* Javier Miranda and Nikolas Zolas, "Measuring the Impact of...