Economics of Culture and Institutions
Organized by Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano
April 20, 2024
Charles Suites, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, April 20
Breakfast
8:30 am

Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University
Xingyou Ye, Princeton University

Discussant:
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:20 am

The Long-Run Effects of Corporal Punishment in Schools (slides)

Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Brian Wheaton, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto and NBER
Break
10:30 am

Marriage, Fertility, and Cultural Integration in Italy

Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER
Giulia Tura, University of Milan-Bicocca

Discussant:
Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER
11:20 am

Employment and Community: Socioeconomic Cooperation and Its Breakdown

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alexander Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Lunch, University Room BC
1:30 pm

Movies

Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Christopher Rauh, University of Cambridge

Discussant:
David H. Yanagizawa-Drott, University of Zurich
2:20 pm

Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming

Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER

Discussant:
Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Break
3:30 pm

Market Exposure, Civic Values, and Rules

Devesh Rustagi, University of Warwick

Discussant:
Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University
Adjourn