Breakfast and check-in, 8:00-8:45
Session 1, 8:45-10:00
Panel A: Family
Chair: Elyce Rotella
Andy Chou (Michigan State University), “Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Dragon Sons: Direct and Indirect Effect of Superstition on Education”
Hanzhe Zhang (Michigan State University), “Human Capital Investments, Differential Fecundity, and the Marriage Market”
Ariel Binder (University of Michigan), “Inter-generational Transmission and the 21st Century Rise in Skilled Mothers' Career Participation”
Panel B: Health
Chair: Sarah Miller
Shooshan Danagoulian (Wayne State University), “Pollen and Crime: Analysis of Daily Urban Crime and Pollen Levels”
Scott Imberman (Michigan State University), “Parental Human Capital Traits and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children”
Pieter de Vlieger (University of Michigan), “Quantifying sources of persistent physician behavior”
Keynote Address, 10:10-11:10
Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University), "The Innovation Dilemma"
Session 2, 11:15-12:30
Panel A: Labor
Chair: Sara Heller
Yulya Truskinovsky (Harvard University), “The Cyclicality of Informal Care”
Nayoung Rim (US Naval Academy), “The Effect of Title IX on Gender Disparity in Graduate Education”
Connor Cole (University of Michigan), “What Are the Short and Long-Term Consequences of Endogenous Responses to Social Program Eligibility Notches?”
Panel B: Development
Chair: Emily Treleaven
Isabel Musse (University of Illinois), “The Mechanisms Underlying the Decline in Fertility during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil”
Huayu Xu (University of Michigan), “Hostel Takeover: Living Conditions, Reference Dependence, and the Well-being of Migrant Workers”
Alexander Persaud (University of North Carolina Asheville) and Tyler Belyea (applEcon), “Where camponeses fear to tread: Market access and land mine clearance in post-conflict Mozambique”
Lunch and Poster Session, 12:30-1:40
James E. Allen IV (University of Michigan), “Should We Worry about the Population Bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa?”
Sookti Chaudhary (University of Kentucky), “Ambulance Service Ownership and Management: How it Affects Efficiency of Service Delivery for Medicare Patients”
Andy Chou (Michigan State University), “Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Dragon Sons: Direct and Indirect Effect of Superstition on Education”
Neha Goel (University of Delhi), “High Out-of-pocket Expenditure: Making Healthcare Out of Reach for Lower Income Countries”
Akito Kamei (University of Illinois), “The Impact of Rainfall on Women/Child Domestic Labor Supply: Climate and Child Labor using Ugandan Panel Data 2009-2012”
Jessica LaVoice (University of Pittsburgh), “The Effects of Urban Renewal and Slum Clearance on Neighborhood Outcomes”
Anh Ngo (University of Illinois), “Effects of Vietnam's two-child policy on fertility, son preference, and female labor supply”
Minyoung Rho (Carnegie Mellon University), “Student Preferences, Acceptance Probabilities, and Matching Outcomes in the NYC High School”
Tarlise Townsend (University of Michigan), “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative Naloxone Distribution Strategies: First Responder and Layperson Distribution”
Domonkos Vamossy (University of Pittsburgh), “Investor Attention & Earnings Announcement Returns”
Tianyi Wang (University of Pittsburgh), “News Newer: the Telegraph and News Content in the Mid-19th Century United States”
Karen Ye (University of Chicago), “Peer Effects in College Application Interventions”
Session 3, 1:40-2:55
Panel A: Family
Chair: Frank Stafford
Shuqiao Sun (University of Michigan), “Quantity-Quality Trade-off with Imperfect Fertility Control”
Jorge Luis Garcia (University of Chicago), “Fertility after China's More-than-One-Child Policy”
David Malison (University of Chicago), “Relationship Quality, Family Structure, and Child Outcomes”
Panel B: Development
Chair: Achyuta Adhvaryu
Prabhat Barnwal (Michigan State University), “Modern Crop Variety Diffusion and Infant Mortality in the Developing World, 1961-2000”
Sarojini Rao (University of Chicago), “Road access and the utilization of public health insurance: Some evidence from RSBY in Karnataka”
Anant Nyshadham (Boston College), “Formal Employment and Organized Crime: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia”
Session 4, 3:05-4:20
Panel A: Labor
Chair: Michael Mueller-Smith
Mike Zabek (University of Michigan), “Housing Inequality”
Brian Feld (University of Illinois), “Direct and Spillover Impacts of Increasing Enforcement of Labor Laws: Evidence from Argentina”
Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan), “More Money, More Problems? Expectations, Wage Hikes, and Worker Voice”
Panel B: History
Chair: Hoyt Bleakley
Ariell Zimran (Vanderbilt University), “Transportation and Health in a Developing Country: The United States, 1820--1847”
Mallory Avery (University of Pittsburgh), “Violent Resistance to Colonization and Post-Colonial Outcomes”
Sijie Li (University of Pittsburgh), “Friends or Enemies: The Impact of the Great Migration on Economic Mobility of Black Northerners”
Session 5, 4:30-5:45
Panel A: Family
Chair: David Lam
Brenden Timpe (University of Michigan), “The Long-Run Effects of America's First Maternity Leave Policy”
Steve Lehrer (Queens University), “Anticipating the (Un)expected: Evidence from Introducing a Universal Child Care Policy with a Shortage of Spaces”
Yana Gallen (University of Chicago), “The effect of maternity leave extensions on firms and coworkers”
Panel B: Health Policy
Chair: Zoe McLaren
Ludovica Gazze (University of Chicago), “Willingness to pay for child health screening: Evidence from lead poisoning prevention in Illinois”
Valentina Duque (University of Michigan), “How Primary Care in Childhood Impacts Adult Health and Economic Success: Evidence from the Roll-out of U.S. Community Health Centers, 1965-1974”
Ethan M.J. Lieber (University of Notre Dame), “Targeting with In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from Medicaid Home Care”
Reception, 6:00, Sam Wyly Executive Dining Room