Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference
Open to economists of all backgrounds and experiences, this conference offered a platform for innovative empirical research in microeconomics (including labor economics, public economics, development, and industrial organization) and sought to foster opportunities for future collaboration and mentorship for early-career economists.
Agenda
Note: Session Track A and B ran concurrently throughout the conference.
Presentation Format: For 40-minute presentations: speakers had 30 minutes to present and discussants had 10 minutes for discussion. For 35-minute presentations: speakers had 25 minutes to present and discussants had 10 minutes for discussion.
Friday, September 29, 2023
| 7:30 am – 8:15 am | Registration and Breakfast University Prefunction | |
| 8:15 am – 8:20 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks University B | |
| 8:20 am – 9:00 am | Pricing and Efficiency in a Decentralized Ride-Hailing Platform Renata Gaineddenova, Harvard University (Presenter) Chad Syverson, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 9:00 am – 9:05 am | Break | |
| 9:05 am – 9:45 am | Proactive and Reactive Infrastructure Investment Gretchen Sileo, Temple University (Presenter) Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 9:45 am – 9:50 am | Break | |
| 9:50 am – 10:30 am | Missing Tariffs, False Imputation, and the Trade Elasticity Feodora Teti, Ifo Institute (Presenter) Matilde Bombardini, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant) | |
| 10:30 am – 10:35 am | Break | |
| 10:35 am – 11:15 am | Long Shadow of Housing Discrimination: Evidence from Racial Covenants Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto (Presenter) Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University (Discussant) | |
| 11:15 am – 11:20 am | Break | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | The Impact of Cultural Preferences on Homeownership Caitlin Gorback, University of Texas (Presenter) Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch – University A Lunch Presentation: Remembering Nora Szech Marta Serra-Garcia, University of California, San Diego | |
| Session Track A – University B | Session Track B – Room 601 | |
| 1:30 pm – 2:05 pm | Non-Price Competition and Risk Selection Through Hospital Networks Natalia Serna, Stanford University (Presenter) Kate Ho, Princeton University (Discussant) | Single-Sex Primary Schools and Student Achievement: Evidence from Admission Lotteries Soledad Giardili, University of Edinburgh (Presenter) Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant) |
| 2:05 pm – 2:10 pm | Break | |
| 2:10 pm – 2:45 pm | Can Competitive Bidding Work in Health Care? Evidence from Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Yunan Ji, Georgetown University (Presenter) Amanda Starc, Northwestern University (Discussant) | Jobseekers’ Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search Kate Orkin, University of Oxford (Presenter) Jeff Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Discussant) |
| 2:45 pm – 2:50 pm | Break | |
| 2:50 pm – 3:25 pm | Getting Down to Business: Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter) Carola Frydman, Northwestern University (Discussant) | Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal Justine Knebelmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Presenter) Monica Singhal, University of California, Davis (Discussant) |
| 3:25 pm – 3:55 pm | Break – University Prefunction, PM Snacks Served | |
| 3:55 pm – 4:30 pm | Immigration Enforcement, Crime, and Community Trust Elisa Jácome, Northwestern University (Presenter) Jennifer Doleac, Arnold Ventures (Discussant) | Payroll Tax Incidence: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance Audrey Guo, Santa Clara University (Presenter) Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Discussant) |
| 4:30 pm – 4:35 pm | Break | |
| 4:35 pm – 5:10 pm | The Hidden Effects of Algorithmic Recommendations Alex Albright, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Presenter) Mike Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan (Discussant) | Work Rather than Cash: Informal Redistribution Among Employers and Workers in Kampala, Uganda Elisa Macchi, Brown University (Presenter) Lori Beaman, Northwestern University (Discussant) |
| 5:10 pm – 5:15 pm | Break | |
| 5:15 pm – 5:50 pm | The Impact of Targeted Interventions on High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims Ashna Arora, University of Chicago (Presenter) Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant) | How much do our neighbors really know? The limits of community-based targeting Carly Trachtman, International Food Policy Research Institute (Presenter) Marcel Fafchamps, Stanford University (Discussant) |
| 5:50 pm | Conference Adjourns | |
| 6:30 pm | Private Dinner Private dinner for presenters, discussants, and organizers. Invitation only. |
Saturday, September 30, 20223
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Breakfast – University Prefunction | |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence From Physicians Manasvini Singh, Carnegie Mellon University (Presenter) Diane Alexander, University of Pennsylvania (Discussant) | |
| 9:45 am – 9:50 am | Break | |
| 9:50 am – 10:30 am | Vax Populi: the social costs of online vaccine skepticism Matilde Giaccherini, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Presenter) Rebecca Dizon-Ross, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 10:30 am – 10:35 am | Break | |
| 10:35 am – 11:15 am | En Route: The French Colonial Army, Emigration, and Development in Morocco Ambra Seck, Harvard University (Presenter) Oeindrila Dube, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 11:15 am – 11:20 am | Break | |
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Tackling Sexual Harassment: Short and Long Run Experimental Evidence from India Karmini Sharma, Stanford University (Presenter) Kate Vyborny, Duke University (Discussant) | |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch – University A Lunch Presentation: Career Advice for Female Economists Sandra Black, Columbia University | |
| 1:30 pm – 2:10 pm | It’s a Man’s World: Culture of Abuse, #MeToo and Worker Flows Caroline Coly, Bocconi University (Presenter) Abi Adams-Prassl, University of Oxford (Discussant) | |
| 2:10 pm – 2:20 pm | Break – University Prefunction, PM Snacks Served | |
| 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm | Revealed Beliefs and the Marriage Market Return to Education Alison Andrew, University of Oxford (Presenter) Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
| 3:00 pm | Conference Concludes |