Public Economics Program Meeting
April 18-19, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Skyline Room, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, April 18
Continental Breakfast
Empirical Research Using Tax Data Session
9:00 am

Taxing Top Wealth: Migration Responses and their Aggregate Economic Implications

Katrine Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen
Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
Jonas Kolsrud, Uppsala University
Camille Landais, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Mathilde Muñoz, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
9:40 am

The Firm as Tax Shelter: Micro Evidence and Aggregate Implications of Consumption Through the Firm (slides)

David Leite, National Bureau of Economic Research
(this paper is not available for download)
Break
10:40 am

Estimating Income Effects on Earnings using the 2021 Child Tax Credit Expansion

Kye Lippold, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Beata Luczywek, University of California, San Diego
11:20 am

Firm Heterogeneity and the Incidence of Earned Income Tax Credits: Evidence from Italy

Valeria Zurla, CSEF University of Naples Federico II
Lunch - Room Skyline DE
12:50 pm

The Effect of Disability Benefits Loss on Earnings, Income, and Health Care Utilization

Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago and NBER
Greg Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
Tobias Leigh-Wood, University of Chicago
Yalun Su, Analysis Group
1:30 pm

Who Benefits from Retirement Saving Incentives in the U.S.? Evidence on Racial Gaps in Retirement Wealth Accumulation

Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jorge Colmenares, Harvard University
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
Lawrence D.W. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Break
2:40 pm

The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers

Jason B. Cook, University of Utah
Chloe N. East, University of Colorado Denver and NBER
Public Economics Program Meeting Begins
3:20 pm

Permanent Residency Policy and Skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Swedish Reform

Akib Khan, Stockholm School of Economics
Erik Lundberg, Uppsala University
Break
4:20 pm

Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety

Felipe M. Gonçalves, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Elisa Jácome, Northwestern University and NBER
Emily K. Weisburst, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adjourn
Reception and Group Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Room Skyline DE
Dinner Speaker: Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
(not available on livestream)
Friday, April 19
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

When Do “Nudges” Increase Welfare?

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Daniel Cohen, Northwestern University
William Morrison, University of California, Berkeley
Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
9:40 am

Time-Limited Subsidies: Optimal Taxation with Implications for Renewable Energy Subsidies

Michael Ricks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Owen A. Kay, University of Michigan
Break
10:40 am

Managing Aggrievement

Jefferson Duarte, Rice University
Tarik Umar, Rice University
Emmanuel Yimfor, Columbia University
Break
11:40 am

Public Good Perceptions and Polarization: Evidence from Higher Education Appropriations

Reuben Hurst, University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew Simon, University of Virginia
Michael Ricks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
12:20 pm

Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Divides (slides)

Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
Sandra Sequeira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Adjourn