Event·Nov 3, 2023, 12:00 AM·David Rubenstein Forum, Room 504
Social Economics Conference
Nov
3
2023
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
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