Economics of Culture and Institutions

Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano, Organizers

April 29-30, 2022

Cambridge, MA and on Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 29
5:30 pm
Reception and Group Dinner - Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Saturday, April 30
Format - Presentation: 25 minutes; discussion: 15 minutes; questions from the floor: 10 minutes
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Julia Cagé, Sciences Po
Anna Dagorret, Stanford University
Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales

Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France
Discussant: Sascha O. Becker, Monash University
9:20 am
Humberto Laudares, University of Geneva
Felipe Valencia Caicedo, University of British Columbia

Tordesillas, Slavery and the Origins of Brazilian Inequality
Discussant: Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am
Paula Calvo, Arizona State University
Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University and NBER
Ana Reynoso, University of Michigan and NBER

Marriage Market and Labor Market Sorting
Discussant: Patricia Cortés, Boston University and NBER
11:20 am
Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER

The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
Discussant: David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
12:10 pm
Lunch - Parkview Room
1:30 pm
Jonathan P. Beauchamp, George Mason University
Duman Bahrami-Rad, Bowdoin College
Joseph Henrich, Harvard University
Jonathan Schulz, George Mason University

Kin-Based Institutions and Economic Development
Discussant: Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
2:20 pm
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER
Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Emileigh Harrison, University of Chicago
Hakizumwami B. Runesha, University of Chicago
Teodora Szasz, The University of Chicago

What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books
Discussant: Roee Levy, Tel Aviv University
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of Oxford
Bary Pradelski, CNRS
Cole R. Williams, University of Vienna

Affirmative Action with Multidimensional Identities
Discussant: Jon Eguia, Michigan State University
4:20 pm
Adjourn