Public Economics Program Meeting

Hunt Allcott and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Organizers

October 28-29, 2021

on Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, October 28
11:00 am

Social Position and Fairness Views
11:40 am

Sufficient Statistics for Nonlinear Tax Systems with Preference Heterogeneity
12:20 pm
Break
12:40 pm

Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform
1:20 pm
Speed meetings
2:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Firm Investment, Labor Supply, and the Design of Social Insurance: Evidence from Accommodations for Workplace Disability
3:10 pm

Why Does Disability Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare
3:50 pm
Break
4:10 pm

The Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020 (slides)
4:50 pm

Racial Disparities in Housing Returns
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, October 29
Joint sessions with the Insurance Group
11:00 am

Reducing Ordeals through Automatic Enrollment: Evidence from a Health Insurance Exchange
11:40 am

Ambulance Taxis
12:20 pm
Break
12:40 pm
Lunch Talk
1:30 pm
Group discussions
2:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Rationing Medicine Through Bureaucracy: Authorization Restrictions in Medicare
3:10 pm

A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
3:50 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Firms and Unemployment Insurance Take-Up
4:50 pm

Opportunity Unraveled: Private Information and the Missing Markets for Financing Human Capital (slides)
5:30 pm
Adjourn