CRIW Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century
Organized by Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark Loewenstein
Supported by the U.S. Census Bureau through an award to Reveal Global Consulting
March 14-15, 2024
Hotel AKA Alexandria, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA (Ballroom, First Floor)
The format for each paper will be a 20-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 15-minute discussion, and then another 15 minutes of general audience discussion.
Thursday, March 14
Continental Breakfast
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
9:50 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
Break
11:00 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
Lunch
1:00 pm

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
1:50 pm

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
Break
3:00 pm

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
Break
4:00 pm
Cecilia Rouse, The Brookings Institution
Fireside Chat with Larry Katz as Moderator
Adjourn
Friday, March 15
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

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
9:50 am

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
Break
11:00 am

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
Lunch
1:00 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, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
Abigail K. Wozniak, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
1:50 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
Break
3:00 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
Adjourn