Thank you for attending the annual Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference, held on September 26-27, 2024. The conference consisted of a series of presentations on papers at the frontier across microeconomics fields.

This conference offered a platform for innovative empirical research in microeconomics (including labor, public, development, and industrial organization) and to foster opportunities for future collaboration and mentorship.

PHOTOS

2024 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference

Agenda

Thursday, September 26, 2024
8:30 am–9:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

University Pre-function

9:00 am–9:45 am

Casting Roles, Casting Votes: Lessons from Sesame Street on Media Representation and Voting

Claire Duquennois, University of Pittsburgh (Speaker)

Alexander Fouirnaies, University of Chicago (Discussant)

9:45 am–10:30 am

The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from Academia

Anna Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Speaker)

Fabian Lange, McGill University (Discussant)

10:30 am–11:15 am

Statistical Discrimination in Sequential Systems: Prosecutors’ Response to Police

Emma Harrington, University of Virginia (Co-Speaker)

Hannah Shaffer, Harvard University (Co-Speaker)

Sara Heller, University of Michigan (Discussant)

11:15 am–11:30 am

Break

11:30 am–12:15 pm

Affirmative Action, College Access and Major Choice

Ana Paula Melo, Howard University (Speaker)

Kevin Stange, University of Michigan (Discussant)

12:15 pm–1:00 pm

The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military

Anna Weber, West Point (Speaker)

Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan (Discussant)

1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Lunch

University A

2:00 pm–2:45 pm

Mind the Data Gaps: An Examination of Women-Owned Enterprise Representation

Nusrat Jimi, Vassar College (Speaker)

Abi Adams Prassl, University of Oxford (Discussant)

2:45 pm–3:30 pm

Minimum Wage and Gender Gaps: Evidence from Morocco

Louise Paul-Delvaux, Harvard University (Speaker)

Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania (Discussant)

3:30 pm–4:15 pm

Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provision

Anran Li, Cornell University (Speaker)

Ashley Swanson, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Discussant)

4:15 pm–4:30 pm

Break

4:30 pm–5:15 pm

The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois, Chicago (Speaker)

Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan (Discussant)

5:15 pm–6:00 pm

Gender Diversity Improves Academic Performance

Xiaoyue Shan, National University of Singapore (Speaker)

Raquel Fernández, New York University (Discussant)

6:20 pm–6:30 pm

Shuttle boards and departs from Rubenstein Forum to Conference Dinner and Reception

7:00 pm

Conference Reception

By invitation only 

7:30 pm

Conference Dinner

By invitation only 

Friday, September 27, 2024
8:30 am–9:00 pm

Registration and Breakfast

University Pre-function

9:00 am–9:45 am

The Economic Costs of Rape

Emily Nix, University of Southern California (Speaker)

Sonia Bhalotra, University of Warwick (Discussant)

9:45 am–10:30 am

Dynamic Pricing Regulation and Welfare in Insurance Markets

Ami Ko, Georgetown University (Speaker)

Amanda Starc, Northwestern University (Discussant)

10:30 am–11:15 am

The Role of Labor Unions in Immigrant Integration

Julia Li Zhu, San Diego State University (Speaker)

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California, Merced (Discussant)

11:15 am–11:30 am

Break

11:30 am–12:15 pm

Breaking Down Bullying: Empathy, Social Networks, and Adolescents

Qinyou Hu, Aalto University (Speaker)

Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois, Chicago (Discussant)

12:15 pm–1:00 pm

Optimal Incentives in the Presence of Social Image Concerns

Anne Karing, University of Chicago (Speaker)

Michèle Belot, Cornell University (Discussant)

1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Lunch

University A

2:00 pm–2:45 pm

Airlines, Pollution, and Fertility

Xinming Du, National University of Singapore (Speaker)

Marika Cabral, University of Texas, Austin (Discussant)

2:45 pm–3:30 pm

Tax Avoidance Through Business Assets: Evidence from the Spanish Inheritance Tax

Isabel Micó-Millán, Bank of Spain (Speaker)

Katarzyna Bilicka, Utah State University (Discussant)

3:30 pm

Conference Concludes