Public Economics Program Meeting

Raj Chetty and Damon Jones, Organizers

October 29-30, 2020

Thursday, October 29
11:30 am	Beveridgean Unemployment Gap
12:05 pm	The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Expansion Policy
12:40 pm	Lunch Break
1:30 pm	In-Kind Transfers as Insurance
2:05 pm	Beyond Health: Non-Health Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Who Needs Liquidity, When, and Where? Evidence from Penalized Withdrawals
3:35 pm	The Social Determinants of Choice Quality: Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands
4:05 pm	Adjourn
Friday, October 30
11:30 am	Social Security and Trends in Inequality (slides)
12:05 pm	Does Taxing Business Owners Affect Employees? Evidence from a Change in the Top Marginal Tax Rate
12:40 pm	Lunch Break
	Session on Property Taxation
1:30 pm	Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
1:55 pm	Mad as Hell: Property Taxes and Financial Distress
2:20 pm	My Taxes are Too Darn High: Tax Protests as Revealed Preferences for Redistribution
2:45 pm	Break
3:05 pm	Worker Voice and Shared Governance: Evidence from a Reform in Finland
3:40 pm	Adjourn