Event·Aug 5, 2022, 9:00 AM·University of Chicago | Rubenstein Forum, Room 601

Junior Spatial Economics Conference

Aug 5 2022
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Junior Spatial Economics Conference 2022

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
09:00:00–09:25:00

Breakfast & Registration

Kapani Lounge 6th Floor

09:25:00–09:30:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Room 601

09:30:00–10:45:00

Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shock

Kirill Borusyak, University College London (Speaker)

Sharon Traiberman, New York University (Discussant)

10:45:00–12:00:00

On the Spatial Determinants of Educational Access

Paolo Martellini, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Speaker)

Tatjana Kleineberg, World Bank (Discussant)

12:00:00–13:00:00

Lunch

The Dining Room

13:00:00–14:15:00

Slum Upgrading and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Indonesia

Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania (Speaker)

Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant)

14:15:00–15:30:00

Port Competition and World Trade

Giulia Brancaccio, New York University (Speaker)

Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University (Discussant)

15:30:00–15:45:00

Coffee Break

Kapani Lounge 6th Floor

15:45:00–17:00:00

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)

17:00:00

Adjourn for the day

Saturday, August 6, 2022
09:30:00–10:00:00

Continental Breakfast

Room 601

10:00:00–11:15:00

This Town Ain’t Big Enough? Quantifying Public Good Spillovers

Aurélie Sotura, Bank of France (Speaker)

Conor Walsh, Columbia Business School (Discussant)

11:15:00–12:30:00

Delayed Childbearing and Urban Revival

Clara Santamaria, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Speaker)

Yichen Su, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Discussant)

12:30:00–13:30:00

Lunch

The Dining Room

13:30:00–14:45:00

Multimodal Transportation Networks

Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Speaker)

Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University (Discussant)

14:45:00–15:00:00

Coffee Break

Kapani Lounge 6th Floor

15:00:00–16:15:00

Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime

Gaurav Khanna, University of California San Diego (Speaker)

Amrita Kulka, University of Warwick (Discussant)

16:15:00–16:30:00

Wrap Up & Closing Remarks

16:30:00

Conference Adjourns