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Economics of Talent Meeting
Organized by Glenn Ellison, Ruchir Agarwal, Patrick Gaulé, and Britta Glennon
Supported by
Carina Initiatives, Inc.
November 7, 2025
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
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Friday, November 7
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8:30 am
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Breakfast
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8:59 am
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Talent and Entrepreneurship
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9:00 am
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Creating New Businesses in America: The Determinants of and Returns to Entrepreneurship
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Gaia Dossi, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
Matthew Smith, U.S. Department of the Treasury
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
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9:45 am
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Entrepreneur Experience and Success: Causal Evidence from Immigration Wait Lines
Abhinav Gupta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Franklin Qian, UNC Kenan - Flagler Business School
Yifan Sun, University of Pennsylvania
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10:20 am
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Break
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10:39 am
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AI Talent
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10:40 am
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Elite Talent and Firm Productivity in the Age of AI
Sagar V. Baviskar, Carnegie Mellon University
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Liujie Wu, Carnegie Mellon University
Cameron Drayton, Carnegie Mellon University
Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania
Eduard Hovy, Carnegie Mellon University
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11:20 am
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Mapping the Institutional Pipeline for Global AI Talent
Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Britta Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
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12:00 pm
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Lunch
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12:59 pm
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Talent Identification and Nurturing
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1:00 pm
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The Long-Term Effects of Gifted Students Programs
Oren Danieli, Tel-Aviv University
Niv Brosh, Hebrew University
David Maagan, Government of Israel
Ran Shorrer, The Pennsylvania State University
Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel
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1:45 pm
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Identifying and Nurturing Math Talent: Evidence from Tamil Nadu
(slides)
Phi M. Adajar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sara Fisher Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harini Kannan, JPAL South Asia at IFMR
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2:30 pm
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Break
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2:39 pm
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Quick Presentations
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2:45 pm
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The Lost Marie Curies and Foregone Economic Growth
Jean-Felix Brouillette, HEC Montreal
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3:05 pm
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Discovering and Supporting Hidden Talents through Math Olympiads in Colombia
Santiago Saavedra, Universidad del Rosario
Tomas Buitrago, Universidad del Rosario
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3:25 pm
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Unpacking the Innovator-Inventor Gap: Evidence from Engineers
Colleen Chien, University of California, Berkeley
Jillian Grennan, Emory University
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3:45pm
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Gender Dynamics in Entry into Competitive Careers: Evidence from Indian Civil Services.
Niharika Singh, University of Notre Dame
Kunal Mangal, Independent Researcher
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4:05 pm
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Break
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4:30 pm
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Keynote:
Creativity, Productivity, and Lifestyle at Midlife: Findings from the 50-Year, Longitudinal Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth
David Lubinski, Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University |
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5:30 pm
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Adjourn
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