Events

XI Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Frankfurt, 14-15 May

2026

The eleventh edition of the workshop series, organized in collaboration with STEG/CEPR.

Programme & Details
Host: Goethe University Frankfurt
Organizers:
  • ›Michelle Rendall, Monash
  • ›Georg Duernecker, Goethe
  • ›Alessio Moro, Cagliari
Funding: Goethe University Frankfurt; STEG; LAEF.

X Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Cagliari, 2024

2024

The tenth edition of the workshop series on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics.

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IX Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Cagliari, 2022

2022

The ninth edition of the workshop series, organized in collaboration with STEG/CEPR.

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VIII Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Online (Cagliari), May 21–22, 2020

2020

Interested researchers can require permission to attend to amoro@unica.it

Programme & Details

Thursday, May 21 Central European Time (CET)

  • Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari)
    Opening
  • 16:00-20:00

    Session I

    Chair: Vincenzo Merella (University of Cagliari)

  • 16:00-16:45
    David Hemous (University of Zurich and CEPR)
    Automating Labor: Evidence from Firm-level Patent Data
    with Antoine Dechezlepretre (Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Economic Performance, LSE and OECD), Morten Olsen (University of Copenhagen) and Carlo Zanella (University of Zurich)
    [video]
  • 16:45-17:00
    Break/Discussion
  • 17:00-17:45
    Joan Monras (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona GSE, and CEPR)
    Immigration and Spatial Equilibrium: the Role of Expenditures in the Country of Origin
    with Christoph Albert (CEMFI)
    [video]
  • 17:45-18:00
    Break/Discussion
  • 18:00
    Fabrizio Zilibotti (Yale University, CEPR and NBER)
    Service-Led or Service-Biased Growth? Equilibrium Development Accounting Across Indian District
    with Michael Peters (Yale University)
  • 18:00-18:45
    Break/Discussion
  • 19:00-19:45
    Martí Mestieri (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and CEPR)
    Income-Driven Labor Market Polarization
    with Diego Comin (Dartmouth College) and Ana Danieli (Northwestern University)
    [video]
  • 19:45-20:00
    Discussion

Friday, May 22nd Central European Time (CET)

  • 16:00-19:00

    Session II

    Chair: Fabio Cerina (University of Cagliari and CRENoS)

  • 16:00-16:45
    Rachel Ngai (London School of Economics, CEPR and CFM)
    A Multisector Perspective of Wage Stagnation
    with Orhun Sevinc (Central Bank of Turkey)
    [video]
  • 16:45-17:00
    Break/Discussion
  • 17:00-17:45
    Paula Bustos (CEMFI and CEPR)
    Structural Transformation, Industrial Specialization, and Endogenous Growth
    with Juan Manuel Castro Vincenzi (Princeton University), Joan Monras (UPF, GSE and CEPR) and Jacopo Ponticelli (Northwestern University and CEPR)
    [video]
  • 17:45-18:00
    Break/Discussion
  • 18:00-18:45
    Marc Teignier (University of Barcelona)
    Structural Change, Land Use and Urban Expansion
    with Nicolas Coeurdacier (Sciences Po Paris) and Florian Oswald (Sciences Po Paris)
    [video]
  • 18:45-19:00
    Discussion
Host: University of Cagliari, Department of Economics and Business
Organizers:
  • ›Alessio Moro, University of Cagliari
  • ›Fabio Cerina, University of Cagliari
  • ›Vincenzo Merella, University of Cagliari

VII Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Cagliari, May 17–18, 2019

2019
Programme & Details

Friday, May 18

  • 10:00
    Annalisa Aleati (UniCredit Foundation)
    Introduction
  • 10:10-13:20

    Morning Session

    Chair: Fabio Cerina (University of Cagliari)

  • 10:10
    Elisa Giannone (Penn State)
    The Large Consequences of a Small Shock
    With Chanont Banternghansa (Analysis Group) and Sharon Traiberman (New York University)
  • 11:05
    Guillermo Lagarda (Inter-American Development Bank)
    Robots Are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement
    With Seth G. Benzell (MIT), Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University), Jeffrey D. Sachs (Columbia)
  • 12:00
    Coffee Break
  • 12:25
    Nir Jaimovich (University of Zurich)
    Tale of Two Workers: The Macroeconomics of Automation
    With Itay Saporta-Eksten (Tel Aviv University & UCL ), Henry Siu (University of British Columbia & NBER), Yaniv Yedid-Levi (Tiomkin School of Economics)
  • 13:20
    Lunch
  • 15:00-16:50

    Afternoon session

    Chair: Vincenzo Merella (University of Cagliari)

  • 15:00
    Eric Mengus (HEC Paris)
    Labor Market Polarization and The Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence
    With Donald R. Davis (Columbia) and Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris)
  • 15:55
    Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix)
    Spatial Polarization
    With Fabio Cerina (Cagliari), Alessio Moro (Cagliari) and Michelle Rendall (Monash)
  • 16:50
    Coffee Break
  • 17:10
    Clara Santamaria (CEMFI and Universidad Carlos III)
    Small Teams in Big Cities: Inequality, City Size, and the Organization of Production

Saturday, May 19

  • 09:45-13:00

    Chair: Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari)

  • 09:45
    Claudio Michelacci (EIEF and CEPR)
    The Extensive Margin of Aggregate Consumption Demand
    With Luigi Paciello (EIEF and CEPR) and Andrea Pozzi (EIEF and CEPR)
  • 10:40
    Joe Kaboski (Notre Dame and NBER)
    The Natural Rate of Structural Change
    With Marti Mestieri (Northwestern University), Francisco Buera (Washington University in St. Louis), Danny O'Connor (University of Notre Dame)
  • 11:35
    Coffee Break
  • 12:05
    Georg Duernecker (University of Munich, CEPR and IZA)
    Quantity Measurement, Balanced Growth, and Welfare in Multi-Sector Growth Models
    With Berthold Herrendorf (Arizona State University) and Akos Valentinyi (University of Manchester, CERS–HAS, and CEPR)
  • 13:00
    Lunch
Host: University of Cagliari
Organizers:
  • ›Alessio Moro, University of Cagliari
  • ›Fabio Cerina, University of Cagliari
  • ›Vincenzo Merella, University of Cagliari
Funding:
  • ›Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Legge Regionale 7
  • ›Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari
  • ›UniCredit Foundation

VI Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Cagliari, May 11–12, 2018

2018
Programme & Details

Friday, May 11

  • 9:30
    Giannantonio De Roni (UniCredit Foundation)
    Introduction
  • 09:40 - 13:30

    Morning session

    Chair: Cristiano Cantore (University of Surrey)

  • 9:40
    Orhun Sevinc (Central Bank of Turkey)
    Interpersonal-Service Tasks and the Change in the U.S. Employment Structure
  • 10:30
    Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia)
    In search of Labor Demand
    with David A. Green and Ben Sand
  • 11:20
    Coffee Break
  • 11:50
    Zsofia Barany (Sciences Po)
    Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation
    with Christian Siegel
  • 12:40
    Omar Rachedi (Bank of Spain)
    The Changing Structure of Government Spending
    with Alessio Moro
  • 13:30
    Lunch
  • 15:30 - 17:10

    Afternoon session

    Chair: William Addessi (University of Limerick)

  • 15:30
    Miguel Leon-Ledesma (University of Kent)
    The rise of services and balanced growth in theory and data
    with Alessio Moro
  • 16:20
    Richard Rogerson (Princeton University)
    Structural Change in Investment and Consumption: A Unified Approach
    with Berthold Herrendorf and Akos Valentinyi

Saturday, May 12

  • 9:30-13:20

    Morning Session

    Chair: Omar Rachedi (Bank of Spain)

  • 9:30
    Rachel Ngai (London School of Economics)
    China's mobility barriers and employment allocations
    with Christopher Pissarides and Jin Wang
  • 10:20
    Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto)
    Structural Change and the Aggregate Employment Fluctuations in China and the US
    with Wen Yao
  • 11:10
    Coffee Break
  • 11:40
    Gilles Saint-Paul (Paris School of Economics)
    Secular Satiation
  • 12:30
    Satoshi Tanaka (University of Queensland)
    Sex Ratios and Long-Term Marriage Trends
    with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull and Shannon Seitz
Host: University of Cagliari
Organizers:
  • ›Alessio Moro, University of Cagliari
  • ›Rachel Ngai, London School of Economics
Funding:
  • ›Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Legge Regionale 7
  • ›Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari
  • ›UniCredit Foundation