Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference
TAMC 2023
September 22, 2023
The Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference (TAMC) is a joint effort between Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill to bring together economists in the region working on applied microecnomics topics.
North Carolina State University will host the 3rd annual TAMC on Friday September 22, 2023.
The call for papers is here. The deadline for submission is Friday May 5, 2023.
Keynote Speaker
Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matthew Wiswall is Professor of Economics and the David Edwin and Lucille Hartmann Davies Chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an applied microeconomist who conducts research on child development, education, and applied econometric methodologies.
Conference Schedule
8:30 – 8:55 : Coffee and pastries
8:55 – 9:00 : Welcome
9:00 – 10:30: Session 1
Ezgi Cengiz (NCSU): "How effective are voluntary agreements to offer healthier products? Evidence from sodium content" (draft)
Rob Garlick (Duke): "Why don't jobseekers search more? Barriers and returns to search on a job matching platform" (draft)
Jacob Kohlhepp (UNC): "Workplace Injury and Labor Supply within an Organization" (draft)
10:30 – 10:45: Break
10:45 – 12:00: Keynote
Matthew Wiswall: "An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education"
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch
1:15 – 2:15: Session 2
Melanie Wallskog (Duke): "Are Immigrant Entrepreneurs Magnets for Foreign Investors?"
Andrés Hincapié (UNC): "The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave Policies: Exploiting Forty Years of Variation in the U.S." (slides)
2:15 – 2:30: Break
2:30 – 3:30: Session 3
Adriana Corredor Waldron (NCSU): "Drivers of Racial Differences in Unnecessary C-Sections"
Arkadev Ghosh (Duke): "Creating Cohesive Communities: A Youth Camp Experiment in India" (draft)
3:30 – 3:45: Break
3:45 – 4:45: Session 4
Noah Lyman (UNC): "Reputation, Entrenchment, and Dynamic Managerial Incentives" (draft)
JoonYup Park (Duke): “Paying More to Landlords: Housing Vouchers, Housing Markets, and Residential Equilibrium”
Katsuhiko Nishiyama (UNC): "Medical Debt, Self-Insurance, and The Value of Health Insurance for the Non-Elderly" (slides)
4:45 – 6:00: Break
6:00: Dinner
Organizers:
Melinda Morrill (msmorril@ncsu.edu)
Adriana Corredor-Waldron (amcorred@ncsu.edu)
Andrés Hincapié (andres.hincapie@unc.edu)
Pengpeng Xiao (pengpeng.xiao@duke.edu)