| Wednesday, July 14 |
| Session I: Race and Discrimination |
| 9 - 10 a.m. |
The Obama Effect on Economic Outcomes: Evidence from Event Studies
Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley) |
| 10 - 11 a.m. |
The Visible Hand: Race and Online Market Outcomes
Jennifer Doleac (Stanford), Luke Stein (Stanford) |
| 11 - 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Detecting Discrimination in Audit and Correspondence Studies
David Neumark (UC Irvine) |
| 12:30 - 2 p.m. |
Lunch |
| Session II: Crime and Malfeasance |
| 2 - 3 p.m. |
Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty
David Bjerk (Claremont-McKenna) |
| 3 - 4 p.m. |
Drawn into Violence: Evidence on 'What Makes a Criminal' from the Vietnam Draft Lotteries
Jason Lindo (U. of Oregon), Charles Stoecker |
| 4 - 4:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm.. |
The Prevalence and Impact of Misstated Incomes on Mortgage Loan Applications
McKinley Blackburn (U. of South Carolina), Todd Vermilyea |
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| Thursday, July 15 |
| Session III: Immigration |
| 9 - 10 a.m. |
Cracks in the Melting Pot: Immigration, School Choice, and Segregation
Ethan Lewis (Dartmouth), Elizabeth Cascio |
| 10 - 11 a.m. |
Rethinking the Area Approach in an Open Economy: Immigrants in California, 1960-2005
Giovanni Peri (UC Davis and FRBSF) |
| 11 - 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
What Are the Effects of State Level Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants?
Sara Bohn (PPIC), Magnus Lofstrom, Steven Raphael |
| 12:30 - 2 p.m. |
Lunch |
| Session IV: Urban issues |
| 2 - 3 p.m. |
Job Location, Neighborhood Change, and Gentrification
Jed Kolko (PPIC) |
| 3 - 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. |
The Impact of Residential Density on Vehicle Usage and Fuel Consumption
David Brownstone (UC Irvine), Jinwon Kim |
| Special session: Wine Economics |
| 4:30 - 5 p.m. |
Do Expert Ratings Measure Quality? The Case of Restaurant Wine Lists
Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton), Craig Riddell (U. of British Columbia) |
| 5 - 6:30 p.m. |
Reception |
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| Friday, July 16 |
| Session V: Behavioral questions |
| 9 - 10 a.m. |
Book Translations as Idea Flows: The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge
Isabelle Sin (Stanford), Ran Abramitzky |
| 10 - 11 a.m. |
Positive Affect and Overconfidence
Homa Zarghamee (Santa Clara), John Ifcher |
| 11 - 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Self-Employment: The Case of Older Workers (graphs)
Julie Zissimopoulos (Rand Corp.), Qian Gu, Lynn Karoly
|
| 12:30 - 2 p.m. |
Lunch |
| Session VI: Program Evaluation |
| 2 - 3 p.m. |
Testing Paternalism: Cash vs. In-kind Transfers in Rural Mexico
Jesse Cunha (Stanford) |
| 3 - 4 p.m. |
Model Specification Tests and the Estimation of Treatment Effects: An Application with Random and Non-Random Administrative Records
Ken Couch (U. of Connecticut), Tao Chen |
| Authors in bold will be presenters. |
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