LAC Labor and Public Conference 2022 (All times Eastern)
Thursday, June 9
10:30-12:00 Session 1: Crime, Criminal Justice, and Racial Justice (Chair: Melissa Spencer,
University of Richmond)
Temperature and Judicial Decisions
Mariyana Zapryanova, Smith College
Discussant: Matthew Gibson, Williams College
Do Driver's License Suspensions Affect Recidivism and Long-Term Financial Health? Evidence from
Drug Offenders
Tyler Giles, Wellesley College
Discussant: Terry-Ann Craigie, Smith College
Did Racist Labor Policies Reverse Equality Gains for Everyone?
Erin Wolcott, Middlebury College
Discussant: Kyung Park, Wellesley College
12:00-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-2:15 Session 2: Health (Chair: Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College)
The Importance of Schools in Driving Children's Applications for Disability Benefits
Michael Levere, Haverford College
Discussant: Lucie Schmidt, Smith College
Labor Mobility and the Affordable Care Act: Heterogeneous Impacts of the Preexisting Conditions
Provision
Laura Connolly, Michigan Technological University
Discussant: Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University
Does the Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Rollout of
Community Health Centers
Esra Kose, Bucknell University
Discussant: Eric Chyn, Dartmouth College
2:15-3:15 Professional Development Panel: Building Research Pipelines and Connections
Moderated by Gretchen Lay, Mt. Holyoke College, and Evan Kresch, Oberlin College)
Pinar Keskin, Wellesley College
Mary Lopez, Occidental College
Owen Thompson, Williams College
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 Session 3: Development/Labor (Chair: Xiaozhou Ding, Dickinson College)
Measles, Mexico and Labor Markets
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
Discussant: Diana Ngo, Occidental College
Are Work Permit Markets Welfare-Enhancing?
Wifag Adnan, NYUAD
Discussant: Jennifer Peck, Swarthmore College
Putting Kids Out of Work: Unintended Consequences of Child Labor Legislation in Bolivia
Leah Lakdawala, Wake Forest University
Discussant: Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College
6:30-7:30 Social Hour
Friday June 10
10:30-12:00 Session 4: Health/Demography (Chair: Susan Averett, Lafayette College)
Trade-Offs in Intergenerational Family Care Provision
Monica Carney, College of the Holy Cross
Discussant: Esra Kose, Bucknell University
Spillover Effects of Paid Family Leave
Jiyoon Kim, Bryn Mawr College
Discussant: Courtney Coile, Wellesley College
Who Pays for the Snow Day? Measuring Gender Differences in the Parent Penalty
Jessica Hoel, Colorado College
Discussant: Jorgen Harris, Occidental College
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-2:15 Keynote Address: The Economics of Immigration Enforcement, Tara Watson, Williams
College
2:15-3:45 Session 5: Gender (Chair: Pun Winichakul, Smith College)
College Field Specialization and Beliefs about Relative Performance: An Experimental Intervention to
Understand Gender Gaps in STEM
Stephanie Owen, Colby College
Discussant: Xiaoxiao Li, Villanova University
Gender Differences in Reactions to Failure in High-Stakes Competition: Evidence from the National
College Entrance Exam Retakes
Yang Song, Colgate University
Discussant: Erin Giffin, Colby College
Reject or Revise: Gender Differences in Persistence and Publishing in Economics
Kartini Shastry, Wellesley College
Discussant: Rachel Landsman, Bucknell University
3:45-4:00 Wrap-up
2022 LAC Conference Screening Committee:
Xiaozhou Ding, Melanie Khamis, Esra Kose, Evan Kresch, Rachel Landsman, Gretchen Lay, Lucie
Schmidt, Melissa Spencer, Kevin Williams