Economics of Culture and Institutions

Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano, Organizers

April 20, 2024

Charles Suites, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, April 20
Breakfast
8:30 am
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University
Xingyou Ye, Princeton University

Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States
Discussant: Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:20 am
Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Brian Wheaton, University of California, Los Angeles

The Long-Run Effects of Corporal Punishment in Schools (slides)
Discussant: Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto
Break
10:30 am
Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER
Giulia Tura, University of Milan-Bicocca

Marriage, Fertility, and Cultural Integration in Italy
Discussant: Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER
11:20 am
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alexander Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Employment and Community: Socioeconomic Cooperation and Its Breakdown
Discussant: Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Lunch, University Room BC
1:30 pm
Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
Christopher Rauh, University of Cambridge

Movies
Discussant: David H. Yanagizawa-Drott, University of Zurich
2:20 pm
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER

Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming
Discussant: Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Break
3:30 pm
Devesh Rustagi, University of Warwick

Market Exposure, Civic Values, and Rules
Discussant: Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University
Adjourn