Economics of Mobility

Sandra E. Black and Jesse Rothstein, Organizers

December 2, 2022

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA and on Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, December 1
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Skyline Room
Friday, December 2
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Lukas Althoff, Stanford University
Hugo Reichardt, London School of Economics

Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery (slides)
Discussant: Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University
9:20 am
Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER

The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access
Discussant: Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:40 am
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Danielle Sandler, U.S. Census Bureau

The Long-Run Effects of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs: Evidence from Gautreaux
Discussant: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am
Keynote
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - University BC Room
1:15 pm
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Tribal Casinos, Economic Wellbeing, and Intergenerational Mobility (slides)
Discussant: Elizabeth Ananat, Columbia University and NBER
2:05 pm
Keith Finlay, U.S. Census Bureau
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Brittany Street, University of Missouri

Measuring Intergenerational Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data
Discussant: Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:55 pm
Break
3:25 pm
Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER
Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security
Discussant: James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:15 pm
Adjourn