Session 11: U.S. Productivity

Presentations

Steven Rosenthal, Productivity Measurement: Overview and Concepts (PDF, 73 K)

Patrick Casey, Productivity at TTX (PDF, 450 K)

Links of Interest

Speakers

John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland

John C. Haltiwanger received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1981. After serving on the faculty of UCLA and Johns Hopkins, he joined the faculty at Maryland in 1987. He is a Research Associate of the Center for Economic Studies at the Bureau of the Census and of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His recent research has exploited the newly created longitudinal establishment data bases that are available at the Bureau of the Census. This research centers on the process of reallocation, retooling and restructuring in the U.S. economy and its connection to the business cycle. Publications include: "The Aggregate Implications of Machine Replacement: Theory and Evidence" (with Russell Cooper), American Economic Review, 1993; "Plant-Level Adjustment and Aggregate Investment Dynamics" (with R. Caballero and E. Engel), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1995; Job Creation and Destruction (with S. Davis and S. Schuh), MIT Press, 1996; "Aggregate Employment Dynamics: Building from Microeconomic Evidence" (with R. Caballero and E. Engel), American Economic Review, 1997.

Steven Rosenthal
Supervisory Economist
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Steven Rosenthal is a supervisory economist with the Division of Major Sector Productivity at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He supervises the production of Multifactor Productivity measures for major sectors of the U.S. economy. He has been with the Office of Productivity and Technology at the Bureau since 1980.

Casey Patrick Casey
TTX

Patrick Casey is director of business forecasting and planning for TTX Company. Pat started his transportation career with Chessie System Railroads in 1983. He worked for Chessie and its successor, CSX, for 17 years in forecasting, market research and marketing. Pat joined TTX in his current position in May of 2000.

A native of Baltimore, Pat holds a bachelors degree in economics from Towson University and a masters degree in economics from the University of Delaware. He is a member of the National Association for Business Economic, the Chicago Association for Business Economics, the Intermodal Association of North America, the Intermodal Association of Chicago and the Midwest Foreign Commerce Club. Pat lives with his wife and three children in Lombard, Illinois.