Friday, October 22
11:25 am
Welcome
11:30 am

Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite

Valerie Michelman, University of Delaware
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER
Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER
12:15 pm

Who Benefits from Meritocracy?

Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER

Discussant:
Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER
1:00 pm
Break
1:15 pm
Keynote
Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:00 pm

Train to Opportunity: the Effect of Infrastructure on Intergenerational Mobility

Myra Mohnen, University of Ottawa
Jose-Alberto Guerra, Universidad de los Andes
Julian Costas-Fernandez, University College London

Discussant:
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
2:45 pm

Air Pollution and Economic Opportunity in the United States

Jonathan M. Colmer, University of Virginia
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
Brennan Williams, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

The Effect of Income During Infancy, Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits

Andrew C. Barr, Texas A&M University and NBER
Jonathan Eggleston, U.S. Census Bureau
Alexander A. Smith, United States Military Academy at West Point

Discussant:
Sara LaLumia, Williams College
4:30 pm

The Long-run Effects of the 1930s HOLC “Redlining” Maps on Children

Daniel Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Shari Eli, University of Toronto and NBER
Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Bhashkar Mazumder, University of California, Irvine
Martha Stinson, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Trevon D. Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
5:15 pm
Concluding Remarks
5:30 pm
Adjourn