Economics of Culture and Institutions
Organized by Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano
April 30, 2021
on Zoom.us
Friday, April 30
Meeting format - presentation: 30 minutes; discussion: 15 minutes; questions from the floor: 15 minutes
10:00 am

Religion and Educational Mobility in Africa

Sebastian Hohmann, Stockholm School of Economics SITE
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School

Discussant:
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
11:00 am

Self-Emancipation and Progressive Politics: The Legacy of Civil War Refugee Camps

Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College

Discussant:
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
12:00 pm
Break
12:30 pm

The Immigrant Next Door: Exposure, Prejudice, and Altruism

Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Thomas Chaney, University of Southern California
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Aakaash Rao, Harvard University

Discussant:
Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER
1:30 pm

Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Thierry Verdier, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Islam and the State: Religious Education in the Age of Mass Schooling

Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Masyhur Hilmy, University of New South Wales
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER

Discussant:
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
3:45 pm

Self-image Bias and Lost Talent

Marciano Siniscalchi, Northwestern University
Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm

Traditional Supernatural Beliefs and Prosocial Behavior

(not livestreamed)
Etienne Le Rossignol, University of Namur
Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER

Discussant:
Jared Rubin, Chapman University
6:00 pm
Adjourn