The 18th CAED Conference will be held at The Pennsylvania State University on May 17-19, 2024. The conference provides a venue for research using firm and plant-level data on a wide range of topics, disciplines and countries. It is a unique meeting place for producers and users of these data including statisticians, survey methodologists, economists, sociologists, and other social scientists working in academic institutions and statistical agencies. It also provides an opportunity for policymakers to interact with researchers and learn about the newest results in their fields.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Productivity
Firm and Plant Dynamics
Entrepreneurship
R&D Investment and Innovation
Employment Dynamics
Labor Market Outcomes
Market Competition in Output and Labor Markets
Investment Decisions – Advertising, Capital, Product Development, New Technology
Digital and Information Technology
Energy and Environment
Healthcare Industry
Finance
Corporate Governance
International Trade
Macro Implications and Economic Growth
Measurement and Data Construction
Survey Methodology
Econometric Methods for Enterprise Micro Data

The conference will feature two keynote speakers. Peter Schott, Yale School of Management, will speak on “Trade Liberalization and Labor-Market Outcomes,” and William Kerr, Harvard Business School, will speak on “Immigration, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics.”

Paper Submission

Submit Your Paper

The deadline for paper submission is March 1, 2024. There is no submission fee. Abstracts will be accepted, but full papers are preferred. When submitting, please choose one of the topic categories from the available list. Acceptance decisions will be announced by March 22 and participants must register by May 1. Further information on registration will be forthcoming.

Further Information

The conference website is https://econ.la.psu.edu/comparative-analysis-of-enterprise-data-caed/. Please send all questions or updates to your contact information to caed2024@psu.edu .