SI 2015 Public Econ. Taxation & Social Insurance

Amy Finkelstein, Raj Chetty, David Card, Caroline M. Hoxby, and Ilyana Kuziemko, Organizers

July 21, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 21
8:30 am
8:30 am
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Andreas R. Kostol, Arizona State University and NBER
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER

Disability Benefits, Consumption Insurance, and Household Labor Supply
9:20 am
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
Jae Song, Social Security Administration

The Effect of Social Security Benefits on Earnings: Novel Evidence from the Social Security Notch
10:30 am
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Who Wants Affordable Housing in their Backyard? An Equilibrium Analysis of Low Income Property Development
11:20
11:20
Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Ugo Troiano, University of California, Riverside

Shaming Tax Delinquents: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER

Optimal Taxation with Behavioral Agents
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
David W. Brown, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan and NBER
Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Medicaid as an Investment in Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?
2:45 pm
2:45 pm
Tuomas Kosonen, VATT Institute for Economic Research

Firm Types and Heterogeneous Consumption-tax Incidence
3:45 pm
3:45 pm
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Kavan J.. Kucko, Boston University
Etienne Lehmann, CRED(TEPP) Universite Pantheon Assas Paris II
Johannes F. Schmieder, Boston University and NBER

Optimal Income Taxation with Unemployment and Wage Responses: A Sufficient Statistics Approach
4:25 pm
4:25 pm
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Private Information and Unemployment Insurance
4:25 pm
Marco Di Maggio, Harvard University and NBER
Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Importance of UI as an Automatic Stabilizer
5:05 pm