2019 Economics Alumni Conference

8:00-8:30AM

CHECK IN AND BREAKFAST (Andrews Conference Room)

8:30-9:00AM

9:00-9:30AM
 

• Lusher: Pocket Aces: Commitment and Incentives Against Smartphones for Students
  
   
• Lindo: How Violent Media Content Can Reduce Violent Crime: First Estimates of the Long-term Effects of Media Violence

9:30-10:00AM

BREAK

10:00-10:30AM
 

10:30-11:00AM

• Rahman: Herding - A Theory and Some Evidence from College Major Selections
   
• Miller: Dynamic Treatment Effects for Empirical Microeconomists: Local Projections and Quasi-Experimental Research Designs

11:00-11:30AM

Transfer to Blue or Gold Conference Rooms 

11:30-12:00PM
 

12:00-12:30PM

POLICY AND WELL-BEING
(Blue) 
 

• Guldi: Changes in the Air Ambulance Market and Effects on Individual Level Outcomes
  
   
• Barreca: Can Energy Policy Help Low-Income Families Cope with Hot Weather?

IMPACT OF LABOR MARKET "SHOCKS" (Gold)
 

• Smith: The Long Run Effects of Oil Discoveries and the Role of Amenity Value
  
   
• Wright: A Rising Tide? The Local Incidence of the Second Wave of Globalization

12:30-1:30PM

LUNCH (Group Photo)

1:30-2:00PM
 

2:00-2:30PM

CHILDREN 

• Sansani: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Exogenous Change in Student Grading Policy
   
• Larsen: Effect of Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility on Academic Achievement and the Achievement Gap

MIGRATION 

• Sasahara: The Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations: Evidence from Global Big Data
   
• Sparber: Estimating the Determinants of Remittances Originating from U.S. Households using CPS Data

2:30-3:00PM

BREAK (Refreshments in Econ Library)

3:00-3:30PM

3:30-4:00PM

• Zhang: Moving to Better Opportunities? Housing Market Responses to the Top X% Policy
  
   
• Simon: The Lasting Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Parental Job Loss and Divorce 

• Yasenov: Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the United States Refugee Ban
   
• Foote: You’re Going to Miss Me When I’m Gone: Assessing the Bias from Only Using In-State Earnings

Labor Market Advice

• Foote: Government Agencies
• Barreca: Liberal Arts Colleges
• Guldi: Dual Career Challenges