Economics of Mobility

Sandra E. Black and Jesse Rothstein, Organizers

September 27, 2024

Riverfront Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, September 27
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Thomas B. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau
Matthew Staiger, Opportunity Insights
Laura Tach, Cornell University

Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program
Note: This presentation will not be livestreamed!
Discussant: Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
9:50 am
Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame

In-Kind Transfers and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Housing Assistance Lotteries
Discussant: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am
Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ryan R. Hill, Northwestern University
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER
Riley Wilson, Brigham Young University

Like A Good Neighbor: The Role of Neighbors in Career Choice
Discussant: Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch, Parkview Room
1:15 pm
Rebecca M. Ryan, Georgetown University
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
Mesmin Destin, Northwestern University
Marlis Schneider, Norwegian School of Economics

Parents’ Beliefs in the “American Dream” Affect Parental Investments in Children: Evidence from an Experiment
Discussant: Rebecca Dizon-Ross, University of Chicago and NBER
2:05 pm
Break
2:25 pm
Christian Maruthiah, Trinity College Dublin

Coercive Assimilation Policy Across Generations: Evidence from American Indian Boarding Schools
Discussant: Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College
3:15 pm
Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Kyle Hancock, Princeton University
Jing Wu, Princeton University

The Historical Incarceration Penalty in the U.S.
Discussant: Anne Piehl, Rutgers University and NBER
4:05 pm
Adjourn