"Current Research on the Low-Income Population"
June 19–22, 2017
Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI
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IRP SUMMER RESEARCH WORKSHOP "Current Research on the Low-Income Population" June 19–22, 2017 Grainger Hall 975 University Avenue Madison, WI |
| Papers are linked to title if availble. | |
| MONDAY, JUNE 19 | |
| Session #1: Household Finance and Inequality | |
| 12:00–1:15 | The Effects of the 1930s HOLC "Redlining" Maps Daniel Aaronson, Daniel Hartley, and Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
| 1:15–2:30 | Household Financial Practices and Wealth Mobility in the Era of Mass-Participatory Finance and Growing Inequality Angelina Grigoryeva, Princeton University |
| 2:30–2:45 | Break |
| Session #2: Drugs and Crime | |
| 2:45–4:00 | The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime Jennifer Doleac, University of Virginia; and Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 4:00–5:15 | Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense Amanda Agan, Rutgers University; Matthew Freedman and Emily Owens, University of California, Irvine |
| Dinner on your own | |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 20 | |
| 8:00–8:30 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session #3: Housing | |
| 8:30–9:45 | Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Reduce Housing Instability? Natasha Pilkauskas, University of Michigan; and Katherine Michelmore, Syracuse University |
| 9:45–11:00 | Moved to Opportunity: The Long-Run Effect of Public Housing Demolition on Labor Market Outcomes of Children Eric Chyn, University of Minnesota |
| 11:00–11:15 | Break |
| Session #4: Long-Term and Intergenerational Impacts of Early Interventions | |
| 11:15–12:30 | The Long-Run Effects of Childhood Insurance Coverage: Medicaid Implementation, Adult Health, and Labor Market Outcomes Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Vanderbilt University |
| 12:30–1:30 | Lunch (discussion continues) |
| 1:30–2:45 | Breaking the Cycle? The Intergenerational Effects of Head Start Andrew Barr, Texas A&M University; and Chloe R. Gibbs, University of Notre Dame |
| 2:45–4:00 | Pre-K in the Public Schools: Evidence from Within All States Timothy Bartik, and Brad Hershbein, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
| 4:00–4:15 | Break |
| Session #5 | |
| 4:15–5:30 | Who Is Screened Out? Application Costs and the Targeting of Disability Programs Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago; and Yue Li, University at Albany-SUNY |
| Reception, Evening Presentation & Dinner University Club, 803 State Street, Madison |
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| 5:30–6:30 | Reception |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:00 | Presentation Speaker: Robert Hauser, Executive Officer, American Philosophical Society; Vilas Research Professor and Samuel Stouffer Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 | |
| 7:45–8:15 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session #6: Health Insurance and the ACA | |
| 8:15–9:30 | The Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions on the Mental and Behavioral Health of Children Sarah Hamersma, Syracuse University; and Jinqi Ye, Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| 9:30–10:45 | Do Individuals Respond to Cost-Sharing Subsidies in their Selections of Marketplace Health Insurance Plans? Andre Chappel, and Kenneth Finegold, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University; and Emily Gee, Council of Economic Advisors and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| 10:45–11:00 | Break |
| 11:00–12:15 | Identification, Replication and the Effect on Employment of the TennCare Public Insurance Contraction John Ham and Ken Ueda, National University of Singapore |
| 12:15–1:15 | Lunch (discussion continues) |
| 1:15–2:30 | Family Ties and Worker Displacement Patrick Coate, American Institute for Economic Research; Pawel Krolikowski, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; and Mike Zabek, University of Michigan |
| Session #7: Higher Education | |
| 2:30–3:45 | Increasing Community College Completion Rates among Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation William Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER; Melissa Kearny, University of Maryland and NBER; and James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame |
| 3:45–4:00 | Break |
| 4:00–5:15 | Price Regulation, Price Discrimination, and Equality of Opportunity in Higher Education: Evidence from Texas Rodney Andrews, University of Texas-Dallas; and Kevin Stange, University of Michigan and NBER |
| Dinner on your own | |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 22 | |
| 7:45–8:15 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session #8: Education | |
| 8:15–9:30 | The Roles of Neonatal Health and Race in Special Education Identification Todd Elder, and Scott Imberman, Michigan State University; David Figlio, Northwestern University; and Claudia Persico, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 9:30–10:45 | The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers Seth Gershenson, American University; Cassandra M. D. Hart, University of California, Davis; Constance A. Lindsay, American University; and Nicholas Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:45–11:15 | Break/Working Lunch (during last two presentations) |
| 11:15–12:30 | Leveraging Technology to Engage Parents at Scale: Evidence from
a Randomized Controlled Trial Peter Bergman and Eric Chan, Columbia University |
| 12:30–1:45 | The Generational Progress of Mexican Americans Brian Duncan, University of Colorado-Denver; Jeff Grogger, University of Chicago; Ana Sofia Leon, Universidad Diego Portales; and Stephen Trejo, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1:45–2:00 | Closing remarks and discussion (meeting adjourns) |
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