SI 2023 Public Economics

Michael C. Best, Raj Chetty, Eric Chyn, Tatiana Homonoff, Maria Polyakova, and Danny Yagan, Organizers

July 25-26, 2023

Longfellow Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Tuesday, July 25
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am	William Boning, Department of the Treasury Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Ben Sprung-Keyser, Wharton School Ellen M. Stuart, University of Sydney A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution
10:15 am	Katarzyna A. Bilicka, Utah State University and NBER Michael P. Devereux, University of Oxford Irem Guceri, University of Oxford Tax Policy, Investment and Profit-Shifting
11:00 am	Break
11:20 am	Takanori Ida, Kyoto University Takunori Ishihara, Kyoto University of Advanced Science Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER Daido Kido, Otaru University of Commerce Toru Kitagawa, Brown University Shosei Sakaguchi, The University of Tokyo Shusaku Sasaki, Osaka University Choosing Who Chooses: Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs
12:05 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Audrey Guo, Santa Clara University Payroll Tax Incidence: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance
2:00 pm	Jing Ding, Harbin Institute of Technology Lei Jiang, Tsinghua University Lucy Msall, University of Chicago Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER Consumer-Financed Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Digital Coupons in China
2:45 pm	Break
3:05 pm	Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER David Schönholzer, Institute for International Economic Studies Julien M. Lafortune, Public Policy Institute of California Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Governance of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.
3:50 pm	Break, and livestream ends before the last paper
4:00 pm	Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER Benjamin Goldman, Cornell University Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER Growing Class Gaps, Shrinking Race Gaps: Economic and Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility
4:45 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 26
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
	Joint Session with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
8:30 am	Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER David G. Seim, Stockholm University The Limited Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection (slides)
9:15 am	Break
9:30 am	Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER Danielle Sandler, U.S. Census Bureau The Long-Run Effects of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs: Evidence from Gautreaux
10:15 am	Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago Unemployment Insurance Incentives of Self-Employed and Marginally-Attached Workers
11:00 am	Break
11:25 am	Anders Humlum, University of Chicago Jakob Munch, University of Copenhagen Pernille Plato, University of Copenhagen Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability
12:10 pm	Lunch and Adjourn