Friday, February 2

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Class Disparities and Discrimination in Traffic Stops and Searches (slides)

Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

9:50 am

Does School Choice Increase Crime?

Andrew Bibler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER

10:40 am

Break

10:55 am

Estimating the Impact of the Age of Criminal Majority: Decomposing Multiple Treatments in a Regression Discontinuity Framework

Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Benjamin Pyle, Boston University
Caroline Walker, US Census Bureau

11:45 am

Lunch - Charles Suites

12:45 pm

Something Works in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program (slides)

Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Arkey M. Barnett, University of Michigan
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

1:35 pm

Deterrence or Backlash? Arrests and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence

Sofia Amaral, The World Bank
Gordon B. Dahl, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Victoria Endl-Geyer, ifo Institute
Timo Hener, Aarhus University
Helmut Rainer, University of Munich

2:25 pm

Break

2:40 pm

Targeted Interventions for High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims

Ashna Arora, Arnold Ventures
Zubin Jelveh, University of Maryland

3:30 pm

Adjourn