CRIW Pre-Conference
Organized by Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, Mark Loewenstein, and Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco
July 19, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Wednesday, July 19
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome and Conference Overview
8:59 am
Categorizing and Defining Race
9:00 am

Measuring the Racial and Ethnic Composition and Diversity of the U.S. Population: Historical Challenges and Contemporary Opportunities

Eric Jensen, U.S. Census Bureau
Nicholas Jones, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center
9:30 am

Data Collection without Definitions: Problems with OMB Directive 15 and a Proposal

William Darity, Duke University
Stephan Lefebvre, Bucknell University

Discussant:
Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University
10:00 am

Measuring Potential Effects of the Proposed Race and Ethnicity Question in the CPS (slides)

Mark Loewenstein, Bureau of Labor Statistics
David Piccone, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant:
J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
10:30 am
Break
10:44 am
Data Performance and Accuracy
10:45 am

The Impact of Combined Race and Ethnicity Reporting on Long-Term Earnings Statistics

Kevin L. McKinney, U.S. Census Bureau
John M. Abowd, Cornell University and NBER

Discussant:
Judith K. Hellerstein, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
11:15 am

Quantifying the Uncertainty of Demographic Disparity Estimates when Demographic Labels Are Unobserved

Benjamin Lu, University of California, Berkeley
Jia Wan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University

Discussant:
Jonathan Roth, Brown University
11:45 am

Race, Ethnicity and Measurement Error

Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Nikolas Mittag, CERGE-EI
Derek Wu, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:14 pm
Applications and Insights Using Race and Ethnicity Measures
1:15 pm

Implications of Race and Ethnicity (Mis)Measurement in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Keith Finlay, U.S. Census Bureau
Elizabeth Luh, University of Michigan
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Bocar A. Ba, Duke University and NBER
1:45 pm

Ethnic Identity and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: Evidence from Proposition 187 (slides)

Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado Boulder
Brian Duncan, University of Colorado Denver

Discussant:
Sergio E. Barrera, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:15 pm

Measuring the Race, Ethnic, and Gender Composition of Company Workforces

Alexander Berry, Econ One Research, Inc.
Elizabeth M. Maloney, University of California, Irvine
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Discussant:
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
2:48 pm
Race and Ethnic Inequality
3:00 pm

Granular Income Inequality and Mobility using IDDA: Exploring Patterns across Race and Ethnicity

Brandon Hawkins, University of California, Davis
Illenin O. Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Kevin Rinz, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
Abigail K. Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
3:30 pm

Earnings Inequality and Immobility for Hispanics and Asians: An Examination of Variation Across Subgroups

Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Discussant:
Nathalie Budiman, Pew Research Center
4:00 pm

Unwarranted Disparity in High-Stakes Decisions: Race Measurement and Policy Responses (slides)

E. Jason Baron, Duke University and NBER
Joseph J. Doyle Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Natalia Emanuel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Joseph P. Ryan, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Elizabeth Linos, Harvard University
4:30 pm
General Discussion and Plans for Revisions
4:45 pm
Adjourn