Economics of Mobility
Organized by Sandra E. Black, Jesse Rothstein, and Kosar Jahani
Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
October 23, 2020
Friday, October 23
12:30 pm
Welcome
12:40 pm
Keynote
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
1:10 pm

Persistence through Revolutions

Alberto F. Alesina, Harvard University
Marlon Seror, UQAM
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
Yang You, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Weihong Zeng, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Discussant:
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
1:40 pm

Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? The World War II Industrial Expansion and the Roots of Mid-century Manufacturing Opportunity

Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Affirmative Action and Economic Mobility in California

Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Marianne E. Page, University of California, Davis and NBER
2:50 pm

Attention as Human Capital

Christina Brown, University of Chicago
Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Geeta_Kingdon, UCL Institute of Education
Heather Schofield, Cornell University

Discussant:
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
3:20 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Intergenerational Correlations in Longevity

Sandra E. Black, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Nolan G. Pope, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER

Discussant:
Bhashkar Mazumder, University of California, Irvine and NBER
4:00 pm

U.S Intergenerational Mobility Over the 20th Century: Evidence from Survey Data

Elisa Jacome, Northwestern University and NBER
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:30 pm
Closing remarks
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Format: 20 minutes for paper, 5 minute discussion, 5 minute group questions