Economics of Mobility
Organized by Sandra E. Black and Jesse Rothstein
Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
December 2, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA and on Zoom
Thursday, December 1
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Skyline Room
Friday, December 2
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery (slides)

Lukas Althoff, Stanford University
Hugo Reichardt, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internactional

Discussant:
Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University
9:20 am

The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access

Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER

Discussant:
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:40 am

The Long-Run Effects of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs: Evidence from Gautreaux

Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Danielle Sandler, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am
Keynote
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - University BC Room
1:15 pm

Tribal Casinos, Economic Wellbeing, and Intergenerational Mobility (slides)

Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Discussant:
Elizabeth Ananat, Columbia University and NBER
2:05 pm

Measuring Intergenerational Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data

Keith Finlay, U.S. Census Bureau
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Brittany Street, University of Missouri

Discussant:
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:55 pm
Break
3:25 pm

Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security

Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER
Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussant:
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:15 pm
Adjourn