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Social Economics Conference

This conference was hosted by Leonardo Bursztyn to celebrate the launch of The Normal Lab. It featured work that uses a variety of methods, with a special focus on work that improves our understanding of pressing social issues.

Attendance for this conference was by invitation only. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu.

Agenda

Friday, November 3, 2023
08:30:00–09:00:00

Registration & Breakfast

09:00:00–09:05:00

Welcome Remarks

09:05:00–10:05:00

Learning in the Household

Gautam Rao, Harvard University
10:05:00–10:15:00

Break

10:15:00–11:15:00

Social Norms as a Determinant of Aggregate Labor Supply

Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley

11:15:00–12:15:00

Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley

12:15:00–13:25:00

Lunch

Rooms 501-502

13:25:00–14:25:00

Decomposing the Rise of the Populist Radical Right

Ro’ee Levy, Tel Aviv University
14:25:00–14:35:00

Break

14:35:00–15:35:00

Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence

Paola Guiliano, University of California, Los Angeles
15:35:00–15:45:00

Break

15:45:00–16:45:00

Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia

Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard University
16:45:00

Conference Adjourns

18:00:00

Conference Dinner

Saturday, November 4, 2023
08:30:00–09:00:00

Registration & Breakfast

09:00:00–10:00:00

The Social Media Trap

Christopher Roth, University of Cologne
10:00:00–10:10:00

Break

10:10:00–11:10:00

Socializing Alone: How Online Homophily Has Undermined Social Cohesion in the US

David Yanagizawa-Drott, University of Zurich
11:10:00–11:20:00

Break

11:20:00–12:20:00

Firm Search and Labor Shortages

Zoë Cullen, Harvard University
12:20:00–13:20:00

Lunch

Rooms 501-502

13:20:00–14:20:00

Curtailing False News, Amplifying Truth: Evaluating Anti-Misinformation Measures on Social Media

Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics
14:20:00

Conference Concludes