Junior Spatial Economics Conference
The Junior Spatial Economics Conference gathered a small group of young faculty working on topics in spatial economics to discuss early-stage research in an informal setting. The conference emphasizes informal peer interactions and group discussions.
All times are listed in CST.
Agenda
Friday, August 5, 2022
Breakfast & Registration
Kapani Lounge 6th Floor
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Room 601
Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shock
Kirill Borusyak, University College London (Speaker)
Sharon Traiberman, New York University (Discussant)
On the Spatial Determinants of Educational Access
Paolo Martellini, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Speaker)
Tatjana Kleineberg, World Bank (Discussant)
Lunch
The Dining Room
Slum Upgrading and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Indonesia
Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania (Speaker)
Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant)
Port Competition and World Trade
Giulia Brancaccio, New York University (Speaker)
Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University (Discussant)
Coffee Break
Kapani Lounge 6th Floor
The Real Effects of Climate Change in Poor Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad
Roman David Zarate, World Bank (Speaker)
Jingting Fan, Pennsylvania State University (Discussant)
Adjourn for the day
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Continental Breakfast
Room 601
This Town Ain’t Big Enough? Quantifying Public Good Spillovers
Aurélie Sotura, Bank of France (Speaker)
Conor Walsh, Columbia Business School (Discussant)
Delayed Childbearing and Urban Revival
Clara Santamaria, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Speaker)
Yichen Su, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Discussant)
Lunch
The Dining Room
Multimodal Transportation Networks
Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Speaker)
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University (Discussant)
Coffee Break
Kapani Lounge 6th Floor
Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
Gaurav Khanna, University of California San Diego (Speaker)
Amrita Kulka, University of Warwick (Discussant)
Wrap Up & Closing Remarks
Conference Adjourns