Technology, Growth, and the Labor Market

Section l-Producttvity and the Macroeconomy.- 1-Productivity and the New Economy.- 2-Will the Recovered Economy Still be a New Economy?.- Section 2-Productivity Growth and Technology: What the Future Holds.- 3-Projecting Productivity Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Growth Resurgence.- 4-Information Technology and Productivity: Where are We Now and Where are We Going?.- 5-A Discussion of Productivity Growth and Technology.- Section 3-Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage Inequality.- 6-Skill Demand, Inequality, and Computerization: Connecting the Dots.- 7-Technology and U.S. Wage Inequality: A Brief look.- 8-A Discussion of Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage Inequality.- Section 4-Technology and Productivity in the Firm.- 9-Wages, Productivity, and Technology: What have we Learned from Micro Evidence for U.S. Manufacturing?.- 10-A Discussion of Technology and Productivity in the Firm.- 1l-Productivity, Computerization, and Skill Change.- 12-Technology Shocks and Problem-Solving Capacity.- 13-A Discussion of Technology and Productivity in the Firm.- Conference Participant Biographies.