Innovative Data in Household Finance: Opportunities and Challenges
Joseph S. Vavra, Jialan Wang, and Stephen P. Zeldes, Organizers
December 10, 2021
on Zoom.us
| Friday, December 10 | ||
| 10:00 am | Welcome and introductions | |
| 10:05 am |
Paper Session I: Household Decision Making (Format: 10 minutes per paper followed by a 35 minute discussion) |
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Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University and NBER Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER Zhishu Yang, Tsinghua University Jacky Zhang, Durham University Fertility and Savings: The Effect of China’s Two-Child Policy on Household Savings |
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Tetyana Balyuk, Emory University Emily Williams, Harvard University Friends and Family Money: P2P Transfers and Financially Fragile Consumers |
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David C. Low, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau What Triggers Mortgage Default? New Evidence from Linked Administrative and Survey Data |
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Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Lucas Goodman, Department of the Treasury Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER Efficiency in Household Decision Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples |
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| Moderator: Jialan Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER | ||
| 11:20 am | Break | |
| 11:30 am | Panel Session I: Innovative Uses of Credit Bureau Data | |
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Brian Bucks, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sarah Miller, University of Michigan Scott Nelson University of Chicago (slides) Wilbert van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Jialan Wang (Moderator), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch / breakout sessions on Wonder | |
| 1:00 pm |
Paper Session II: Racial and Geographic Inequality (Format: 10 minutes per paper followed by a 35 minute discussion) |
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Motohiro Yogo, Princeton University and NBER Andrew Whitten, Department of the Treasury Natalie Cox, Princeton University Financial Inclusion Across the United States |
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Alejandro del Valle, Georgia State University Therese C. Scharlemann, Federal Reserve Board Stephen H. Shore, Georgia State University Household Financial Decision-Making after Natural Disasters: Evidence from Hurricane Harvey |
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Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Francis Wong, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Racial Disparities in Housing Returns |
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Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER David Snitkof, Ocrolus Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER Jun Wong, University of Chicago Racial Disparities in Access to Small Business Credit: Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program |
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| Moderator: Joseph Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER | ||
| 2:15 pm | Break | |
| 2:25 pm | Panel Session II: Conducting Research with Proprietary Industry Data | |
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Anna Dreber, Stockholm School of Economics (slides) Ross Epstein, VP of New Projects, SafeGraph Christopher Trepel, Operating Partner, Fenway Summer Ventures (slides) Joseph Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University and Data Editor, American Economic Association (slides) Stephen Zeldes (Moderator), Columbia University and NBER |
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| 3:25 pm | Wrap up | |
| 3:30 pm | Happy hour - breakout sessions on Wonder | |
| 4:00 pm | Adjourn | |