Discrimination in the 21st Century: Fostering Conversations Across Fields

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Chair: Heather Tookes, Yale University

What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books

Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Alex Eble, Columbia University (Co-author)

Emileigh Harrison, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Hakizumwami Birali Runesha, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Teodora Szasz, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College (Discussant)

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Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice

Melanie Wasserman, University of California, Los Angeles (Presenter)

Yana Gallen, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Ben Posmanick, St. Bonaventure University (Discussant)

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Automation and Racial Disparities in Small Business Lending: Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program

Sabrina T. Howell, New York University (Presenter)

Theresa Kuchler, New York University (Co-author)

David Snitkof, Ocrolus (Co-author)

Johannes Stroebel, New York University (Co-author)

Jun Wong, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Tetyana Balyuk, Emory University (Discussant)

Amanda Bayer, Swarthmore College

Kristen Broady, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Marionette Holmes, Spelman College

Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago

Moderator: Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago

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Chair: Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement

Peter Hull, Brown University (Presenter)

J. Aislinn Bohren, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Alex Imas, University of Chicago (Co-author)

Ashesh Rambachan, Harvard University (Discussant)

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Race, Policy, and Individual Labor Productivity: The 1964 Civil Rights Act and Pitcher Batter Confrontations in Major League Baseball

Andrew W. Nutting, Bryn Mawr College (Presenter)

Andrew E. Sfekas, Cornerstone Research (Co-author)

Sitian Liu, Queen’s University (Discussant)

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Systemic Discrimination Among Largest U.S. Employers

Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago (Presenter)

Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)

Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)

Peter Blair, Harvard University (Discussant)

Walter Katz, Arnold Ventures

Jane Risen, University of Chicago

Shannell Thomas, Bowie State University

Talitha Washington, Atlanta University Center and Data Science Initiative

Moderator: Ray Reagans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Study Hotel – Winter Garden

Study Hotel – Winter Garden

Keynote speaker: Kerwin Charles (Yale University)

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Chair: Alex Imas, University of Chicago

Capacity Strain and Racial Disparities in Hospital Mortality

Manasvini Singh, University of Massachusetts (Presenter)

Atheendar Venkataraman, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)

Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University (Discussant)

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Discrimination and Quality Signals: A Field Experiment with Healthcare Shoppers

Alex Chan, Stanford University (Presenter)

Luke Stein, Babson College (Discussant)

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Brokers of Bias in the Criminal System: Do Prosecutors Compound or Attenuate Earlier Racial Disparities

Emma Harrington, Princeton University (Presenter)

Hannah Shaffer, Harvard University (Co-author)

Sasha Indarte, University of Pennsylvania (Discussant)

Marcella Alsan, Harvard Kennedy School

Kate Baicker, University of Chicago

David K. A. Mordecai, Risk Economics, Inc.

Ziad Obermeyer, University of California Berkeley

Moderator: Sendhil Mullainathan, University of Chicago

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Chair: Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago

Designing Gender Equity: Evidence from Hiring Practices and Committees

Tatiana Mocanu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Presenter)

Nicola Persico, Northwestern University (Discussant)

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Talent Allocation in the Indian Economy: Measurement and Policy Implications

Kopal Mathur, University of Queensland (Presenter)

Soumitra Shukla, Federal Reserve (Discussant)

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Race and Redistribution in the United States: An Experimental Analysis

Robert D. Metcalfe, University of Southern California (Presenter)

Jesper Akesson, University of Oxford (Co-author)

Robert W. Hahn, Georgetown University (Co-author)

Itzhak Rasooly, Oxford University (Co-author)

Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago (Discussant)

Roseanna Ander, University of Chicago

Erik Hurst, University of Chicago

Felicia Joy, Edelman

Nancy Qian, Northwestern University

Moderator: Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago