SI 2023 Public Economics
Organized by Michael C. Best, Raj Chetty, Eric Chyn, Tatiana Homonoff, Maria Polyakova, and Danny Yagan
July 25-26, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Tuesday, July 25
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am

A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution

William Boning, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ben Sprung-Keyser, Wharton School
Ellen M. Stuart, The University of Sydney
10:15 am

Tax Policy, Investment and Profit-Shifting

Katarzyna A. Bilicka, Utah State University and NBER
Michael P. Devereux, University of Oxford
Irem Guceri, University of Oxford
11:00 am
Break
11:20 am

Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs

Takanori Ida, Kyoto University
Takunori Ishihara, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER
Daido Kido, Otaru University of Commerce
Toru Kitagawa, Brown University
Shosei Sakaguchi, The University of Tokyo
Shusaku Sasaki, Osaka University
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

Payroll Tax Incidence: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance

Audrey Guo, Santa Clara University
2:00 pm

Consumer-Financed Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Digital Coupons in China

Jing Ding, Harbin Institute of Technology
Lei Jiang, Tsinghua University
Lucy Msall, National Bureau of Economic Research
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:05 pm

Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Governance of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
David Schönholzer, University of Southern California and NBER
Julien M. Lafortune, Public Policy Institute of California
3:50 pm
Break, and livestream ends before the last paper
4:00 pm

Growing Class Gaps, Shrinking Race Gaps: Economic and Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin Goldman, Cornell University
Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 26
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Joint Session with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
8:30 am

The Limited Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection (slides)

Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David G. Seim, Stockholm University
9:15 am
Break
9:30 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
10:15 am

Unemployment Insurance Incentives of Self-Employed and Marginally-Attached Workers

Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
11:00 am
Break
11:25 am

Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability

Anders Humlum, University of Chicago and NBER
Jakob Munch, University of Copenhagen
Pernille Plato, University of Copenhagen
12:10 pm
Lunch and Adjourn