Matthias Doepke (Northwestern), "It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects"
Panel A: Marriage Markets (Chair: Ana Reynoso)
Ana Reynoso (University of Michigan), “Marriage Market and Labor Market Sorting”
Fabio Blasutto (Université Catholique de Louvain), “Divorce Laws and the Rise of Informal Cohabitation”
Hanzhe Zhang (Michigan State University), “A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices”
Panel B: Religion and Culture (Chair: Eduardo Montero)
Eduardo Montero (University of Michigan), “Religious Festivals and Long-Run Economic Development: Evidence from Catholic Saint-Day Celebrations in Mexico”
Heyu Xiong (Case Western), “Sectarian Competition and the Market Provision of Human Capital”
Arthur Blouin (University of Toronto), “(Machine) Learning Languages: Do Societies Strategically Reduce Linguistic Distance?”
Panel C: Environment (Chair: Samuel Stolper)
Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University), “Influenza Pandemics, Air Pollution, and the Introduction of Medicaid in 1965”
Daniel Hungerman (University of Notre Dame), “Every Day is Earth Day: Measuring the Long-term Impact of April 22, 1970”
Catie Hausman (University of Michigan), “Inequality, Information Failures, and Air Pollution”
Panel A: Innovation and Opportunity (Chair: Elyce Rotella)
Ezra Karger (University of Chicago), “The Long-Run Effect of Public Libraries on Children: Evidence from the Early 1900s”
Andrew Garin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? The World War II Industrial Expansion and the Roots of Mid-century Manufacturing Opportunity”
Ruveyda Gozen (University of Illinois at Chicago), “Property Rights and Innovations by Women: Historical Findings from the 19th Century”
Panel B: Education (Chair: Brian Jacob)
Catalina Franco (Norwegian School of Economics), “How does relative performance feedback affect beliefs and academic decisions?”
Stephanie Owen (University of Michigan), “College Major Choice and Beliefs about Relative Ability: An Experimental Intervention to Understand Gender Gaps in STEM”
Katherine McElroy (University of Illinois at Chicago), “The Long Run Effects of School Accountability on Student Educational Attainment”
Nilesh Fernando (University of Notre Dame), “Debiasing Discriminators: Evidence from the Introduction of Neutral Referees in Cricket
Panel C: Information and Development (Chair: Brian Min)
Augustin Bergeron (Harvard University), “Local Elites as Tax Collectors: Experimental Evidence from the DRC”
Elisa Maffioli (University of Michigan), “Is the Phone Mightier than the Virus? Cell Phone Access and Epidemic Containment Efforts in Liberia”
Yusuf Neggers (University of Michigan), “Having It at Hand: How Small Search Frictions Impact Bureaucratic Efficiency”
Panel A: Migration (Chair: Dean Yang)
Yannay Spitzer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), “Like an Ink Blot on Paper: Testing the Diffusion Hypothesis of Mass Migration, Italy 1876–1920”
Sandra Spirovska (University of Wisconsin-Madison), “The Effect of Migration on College Enrollment and College Major Choice”
Eduardo Cenci (University of Wisconsin-Madison), “Internal Migration and the Spread of Long-Term Impacts of Historical Immigration in Brazil”
Panel B: Fertility (Chair: Martha Bailey)
Marie Christelle Mabeu (University of Ottawa), “Colonial Origins and Fertility: Can the Market Overcome History?”
Shuqiao Sun (University of Michigan), “Identification of Quantity-Quality Trade-Off with Imperfect Fertility Control”
Esmée Zwiers (Princeton University), “The Power of the Dutch Pill: The Short and Long Term Effects of Access to Birth Control” -- Not included in session video
Panel C: Labor Markets and Migration (Chair: Mike Mueller-Smith)
Daniel Osuna Gomez (University of Texas - Austin), “The Decapitation of Criminal Organizations and the Labor Market”
Yogita Shamdasani (University of Pittsburgh), “Labor Rationing: A Revealed Preference Approach from Hiring Shocks”
Panel A: Government Programs and the Gender Wage Gap (Chair: Charlie Brown)
Elise Marifian (University of Wisconsin - Madison), “The Spillover Effects of Universal Pre-K on Mothers' Labor Supply"
Youjin Choi (Western University), “The Effects of a Parental Insurance Program on Parents’ Employment and Earnings: Evidence from Canadian Tax Data”
Joanna Venator (University of Wisconsin - Madison), “The Impacts of Unemployment Insurance for Trailing Spouses on Dual-Earner Migration Decisions”
Panel B: Mortality and Morbidity (Chair: Sarah Miller)
Michael Murto (University of Michigan), “The Determinants of Life Expectancy in the Early 20th Century US”
Olga Malkova (University of Kentucky), “Delaying Retirement and Mortality: Evidence from Pension Reforms”
Ajin Lee (Michigan State University), “The Value of Improving Insurance Quality: Evidence from Long-Run Medicaid Attrition”
Panel C: Family Economics (Chair: Shuqiao Sun)
Vivek Moorthy (University of Notre Dame), “Bargaining, Fertility Choice, and Family Formation: Evidence from Agricultural Technology Adoption in Brazil”
Elisa Taveras (SUNY Binghamton), “The Effect of Partners' Relative Education on Households' Time Allocation”
Nafisa Lohawala (University of Michigan), “Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work”
Cassiano Alves (Northwestern): "On the Joint Taxation of Household Earnings"
Garrett Anstreicher (Wisconsin): "Health Care Access and Disability Insurance in the Rural United States: Evidence from Community Health Centers"
Andrea Atencio-De-Leon (Illinois): "Aggregate Matching Efficiency with Heterogeneous Recruiting Effort"
Nathaniel Breg (Carnegie Mellon): "Did Federal Subsidies for Hospital Construction Reduce Mortality?"
George Fenton (Michigan): "TV and Labor Supply: Evidence from the US Rollout"
Matthew Gross (Michigan): "The Long-Term Effects of Rent Control on Neighborhoods and Economic Mobility"
Egor Kozlov (Northwestern): "The Economics of Shotgun Marriage"
Shaoying Ma (CUNY): "Paid Sick Time Mandates and Worker Mobility in the US"
Town Oh (Purdue): "How do High-Skilled International Students Impact Domestic Students?"
Xuechao Qian (Ohio State): "Long-term Effects of Childhood Exposure to Persecution: Human Capital, Marriage Market, and Intergenerational Outcomes"
Obeid Ur Rehman (Michigan): "Spousal Communication and Information Sharing: Evidence from Migrant Workers and their Spouses"
Vinitha Varghese (Illinois-Chicago): "Adult Literacy Creates Highly Satisfied Women"
Hoa Vu (Kansas): "Unintended Consequences of Immigration Enforcement on Birth Outcomes"
Ashley Wong (Northwestern): "Gender Diversity and Scientific Research"
Jesse Wood (Michigan State): "Faculty Race Match Effect on Test Scores"
Wilfried Youmbi (Western Ontario): "Long-Term Impact of Slave Trade on Demand for Religiosity in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Jian Zou (Illinois): "Peer-Based Parental Responses"