LAC Public and Labor Conference 2023 (All times Eastern)
Wednesday, May 31
All panels, breakfast and lunch are in the Neilson Library Browsing Room
Keynote address in Stoddard Hall Auditorium
8:00-8:45 Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Conference Information
9:00-10:30 Session 1: Early Childhood (Chair: Johannes Norling, Mt. Holyoke College)
Economic Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Urban Environmental Toxins
Gisella Kagy, Vassar College
Discussant: Siobhan O’Keefe, Davidson College
Intergenerational Effect of an Education Stipend Program on Child Development: Evidence from
Bangladesh
Sadia Priyanka, Connecticut College
Discussant: Caroline Theoharides, Amherst College
Maternal Education and Early Childhood Outcomes in China
Xiaozhou Ding, Dickinson College
Discussant: Vivek Moorthy, College of the Holy Cross
10:30-12:00 Session 2: Labor and Public (Chair: Mariyana Zapryanova, Smith College)
Early Voting and Late-Election Information
Kayleigh McCrary, University of Richmond
Discussant: Monica Carney, College of the Holy Cross
The Effect of Franchise No-poaching Restrictions on Worker Earnings
Matthew Gibson, Williams College
Discussant: Chris Boone, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Suspended from Work and School: Impacts of Layoff Events and Unemployment Insurance on Student
Disciplinary Incidence
Austin Smith, Bates College
Discussant: Nayoung Rim, United States Naval Academy
12:00-12:15 Break while catering sets up Lunch
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:45 Session 3: Education (Chair: Matthew Larsen, Lafayette College)
Peer Effects and Honor Probation: Evidence from USAFA
Aaron Albert, US Air Force Academy
Discussant: Alex Smith, US Military Academy
Preferences, Access, and the STEM Gender gap in Centralized High School Assignment
Diana Ngo, Occidental College
Discussant: Stephen Wu, Hamilton College
College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Novel Approach to School-Based
College Advising
Josh Hyman, Amherst College
Discussant: Stephanie Owen, Colby College
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:15 Professional Development Panel: Navigating the Tenure Process
Moderated by: Alicia Atwood (Vassar) and Tyler Giles (Wellesley)
Panelists: Sara LaLumia (Williams), Diana Ngo (Occidental), Austin Smith (Bates)
4:45-6:00 Keynote Address (in Stoddard Hall Auditorium)
Health and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status
Anna Aizer, Brown University
6:30-8:30 Group Dinner, Spoleto Restaurant
Thursday, June 1
All panels, breakfast and lunch are in the Neilson Library Browsing Room
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Session 4: Gender (Chair, Evelyn Skoy, Hamilton College)
Gender Pay Differences in Senior Management of Charities
Eliane Barker, Hamilton College
Discussant: Pun Winichakul, Smith College
Is there a Critical Mass? Gender Composition and Behavior in US City Councils
Anna Weber, U.S. Military Academy
Discussant: Anamika Sen, Bates College
Households, Government, and Unequal Burden of Pandemic
Kathrin Ellieroth, Colby College
Discussant: Erin Wolcott, Middlebury College
10:30-12:00 Session 5: Insurance (Chair: Mike Levere, Colgate University)
Impact of Pension Systems in Labor Markets with Informality
Carla Moreno, Loyola Marymount University
Discussant: Gretchen Lay, Mt. Holyoke College
Crowding Out Crowd Support? Substitution between Formal and Informal Insurance
Kyle Coombs, Bates College
Discussant: Sara LaLumia, Williams College
Cash vs. Food? How Does Food Stamp Eligibility Affect Food Stamp Enrollment and Food and Health
Outcomes of SSI Recipients?
Lucie Schmidt, Smith College
Discussant: Melissa McInerney, Tufts University
12:00-12:15 Break while catering sets up lunch
12:15-1:45 Lunch and Wrap-up
2023 LAC-PaL Conference Screening Committee: Alicia Atwood, Jenny Bourne, Xiaozhou Ding,
Josh Hyman, Esra Kose, Evan Kresch, Leah Lakdawala, Mike Levere, Siobhan O’Keefe, Lucie Schmidt
Conference Organizing Team: Kelley Dunphy, Josh Hyman, Esra Kose, Lucie Schmidt, Pun
Winichakul
List of Participants
Martin Abel Bowdoin College
Riley Acton Miami University
Anna Aizer Brown University
Aaron Albert USAFA
Alicia Atwood Vassar College
Eliane H. Barker Hamilton College
Christopher Boone University of Massachusetts Amherst
Monica Carney College of the Holy Cross
Kyle Coombs Bates College
Terry-Ann Craigie Smith College
Tim Diette Washington and Lee University
Xiaozhou Ding Dickinson College
Kathrin Ellieroth Colby College
Dustin Frye Vassar College
Matthew Gibson Williams College
Tyler Giles Wellesley College
Jessica B. Hoel Colorado College
Josh Hyman Amherst College
Gisella Kagy Vassar College
Melanie Khamis Wesleyan University
Jiyoon Kim Bryn Mawr College
Esra Kose Bucknell University
Leah Lakdawala Wake Forest University
Sara LaLumia Williams College
Matthew Larsen Lafayette College
Gretchen Lay Mount Holyoke College
Mike Levere Colgate University
Xiaoxiao Li Villanova University
Kayleigh McCrary University of Richmond
Melissa McInerney Tufts University
Vivek Moorthy College of the Holy Cross
Carla Moreno Loyola Marymount University
Taegan Mullane Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Diana Ngo Occidental College
Johannes Norling Mount Holyoke College
Siobhan O'Keefe Davidson College
Stephanie Owen Colby College
Sadia Priyanka Connecticut College
Jessica W. Reyes Amherst College
Nayoung Rim US Naval Academy
Kristina Sargent Middlebury College
Lucie Schmidt Smith College
Anamika Sen Bates College
Evelyn Skoy Hamilton College
Austin Smith Bates College
Alex Smith West Point
Caroline Theoharides Amherst College
Anna Weber West Point
Pun Winichakul Smith College
Erin Wolcott Middlebury College
Stephen Wu Hamilton College
Mariyana Zapryanova Smith College