Public Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Amy Finkelstein and Henrik Kleven
October 25-26, 2018
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, October 25
10:00 am
Breakfast
10:30 am

The Missing Profits of Nations

Thomas R. Tørsløv, University of Copenhagen
Ludvig S. Wier, University of Copenhagen
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:10 am

Unintended Consequences of Eliminating Tax Havens

Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:20 pm

Taxation and Labor Force Participation: The EITC Reconsidered

Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm

Liquidity vs. Wealth in Household Debt Obligations: Evidence from Housing Policy in the Great Recession

Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER
Pascal J. Noel, University of Chicago and NBER
2:40 pm

Subsidizing Labor Hoarding in Recessions: Employment & Welfare Effects of Short-Time Work

Giulia Giupponi, Bocconi University
Camille Landais, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:20 pm
Break
3:50 pm

The Social Value of Targeting Interventions: Evidence from Reemployment Services

Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Zakary Campbell, Brown University
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Justine S. Hastings, University of Washington
Preston S. White, Rhode Island Innovation Policy Lab
4:30 pm

Kinky Tax Policy and Abnormal Investment Behavior

Qiping Xu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER
5:10 pm
Adjourn
6:15 pm
Dinner
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA
Friday, October 26
8:00 am
Breakfast
8:30 am

The Effect of SNAP on the Composition of Purchased Foods: Evidence and Implications

Justine S. Hastings, University of Washington
Ryan E. Kessler, Brown University
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
9:10 am

Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes

Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago and NBER
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
Yalun Su, Analysis Group
9:50 am
Break
10:20 am

Household Responses to Transfers and Liquidity: Evidence from Social Security’s Survivors Benefits

Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Shanthi P. Ramnath, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Patricia Tong, RAND Corporation
11:00 am

The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau
Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau
11:40 am
Lunch and Adjourn