Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference
This conference offered a platform for innovative empirical research in microeconomics (including labor economics, public economics, development, and industrial organization) and to foster opportunities for future collaboration and mentorship for early-career female economists. The event consisted of a series of presentations by women on papers at the frontier across microeconomics fields.
2022 Conference Participants
Nour Abdul-Razzak, University of Chicago
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, University of Mannheim
Claudia Allende Santa Cruz, Stanford University
Yukiko Asai, University of Chicago
Marcella Aslan, Harvard University
Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto
Alicia Atwood, Vassar College
Maria Balgova, Institute of Labor Economics
Vageesha Bainwala, Northwestern University
Antonella Bancalari, University of St. Andrews
Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara
Barbara Biasi, Yale University
Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis
Sandra Black, Columbia University
Therese Bonomo, Northwestern University
Laura Boudreau, Columbia University
Christina Brown, University of Chicago
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley
Paula Calvo, Arizona State University
Chris Campos, University of Chicago
Raji Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Cuicui Chen, University at Albany
Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Judith Chevalier, Yale University
Anna Chorniy, Northwestern University
Carla Colina, University of Chicago
Emily Cuddy, Duke University
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University
Laura Derksen, University of Toronto
Deniz Dutz, University of Chicago
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University
Fulya Ersoy, Loyola Marymount University
Julia Fonseca, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Yana Gallen, University of Chicago
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley
Eilidh Geddes, Northwestern University
Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago
Eleonora Guarnieri, University of Exeter
Charu Gupta, University of California, Los Angeles
Ingrid Haegele, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania
Morgan Hardy, New York University
Katherine Harris-Lagoudakis, Iowa State University
Amelia Hawkins, Brandeis University
Ines Helm, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Nicole Holz, Northwestern University
Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University
Ingrid Huitfeldt, BI Norwegian Business School
Maria Ibanez, Northwestern University
Kelsey Jack, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ann James, University of Illinois, Chicago
Juanna Schrøter Joensen, University of Chicago
Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston
Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester
Dean Karlan, Northwestern University
Dmitri Koustas, University of Chicago
Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles
Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego
Maya Lozinski, University of Chicago
Valerie Michelman, Brown University
Pauline Mourot, University of Chicago
Lucy Msall, University of Chicago
Mathilde Munoz, University of California, Berkeley
Danielle Nemschoff, University of Chicago
Nhu Nguyen, University of Chicago
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia
Shogher Ohannessian, University of Illinois, Chicago
Tamar Oostrom, Ohio State University
Emily Oster, Brown University
Minseon Park, University of Wisconsin
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University
Aastha Rajan, Northwestern University
Fern Ramoutar, University of Chicago
Dilshani Ranawaka, Centre for Poverty Analysis
Nirupama Rao, University of Michigan
Myera Rashid, Northwestern University
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University
Lillian Rusk, University of Chicago
Jess Rudder, University of Chicago
Ursina Schaede, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University
Vira Semenova, University of California, Berkeley
Ishita Sen, Harvard University
Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University
Maya Shaton, Columbia University
Niharika Singh, Columbia University
Jaehee Song, University of Colorado, Boulder
Jeanne Sorin, University of Chicago
Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Duke University
Michela Tincani, University College London
Marica Valente, University of Innsbruck
Vinitha Varghese, University of Illinois, Chicago
Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles
Katherine Wagner, University of British Columbia
Sabrina Young, United State Department of Agriculture
Dijana Zejcirovic, University of Vienna
Agenda
Note: Session Track A and B will be running concurrently throughout the conference.
Friday, August 26, 2022
8:30 am — 9:00 am | Registration and Breakfast | |
9:00 am – 9:10 am | General Session and Welcome Remarks | |
9:10 am – 10:00 am | Identifying The Spillover and Congestion Effects of Large Scale Information Interventions Claudia Allende Santa Cruz, Stanford University (Presenter) Judy Chevalier, Yale University (Discussant) | |
10:10 am – 11:00 am | Hiring Frictions in Urban Labor Markets Experimental Evidence from India Niharika Singh, Columbia University (Presenter) Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
11:10 am – 12:00 pm | Privacy at What Cost? Using Electronic Medical Records to Recover Lapsed Patients into HIV care Laura Derksen, University of Toronto (Presenter) Marcella Alsan, Harvard University (Discussant) | |
12:00pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
Session Track A | Session Track B | |
1:30 pm — 2:05 pm | Technology Lock-In and Optimal Carbon Pricing Katherine Wagner, University of British Columbia (Presenter) Mar Reguant, Northwestern University (Discussant) | Bargaining and Information in the Labor Market Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter) Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester (Discussant) |
2:05 pm — 2:40 pm | Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulatory Frictions and Cross- Subsidies Ishita Sen, Harvard University (Presenter) Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Duke University (Discussant) | Displacement Effects in Manufacturing Ines Helm, University of Munich (Presenter) Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles (Discussant) |
2:40 pm — 3:10 pm | Policy Evaluation of Waste Pricing Programs using Heterogeneous Causal Effect Estimation Marica Valente, University of Innsbruck (Presenter) Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan (Discussant) | Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job Posting Policy Mathilde Muñoz, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter) Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University (Discussant) |
3:35 pm — 4:05 pm | Public Service Delivery and Free Riding: Experimental Evidence from India Antonella Bancalari, University of St. Andrews (Presenter) Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley (Discussant) | Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity Christina Brown, University of Chicago (Presenter) Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University (Discussant) |
4:05 pm — 4:35 pm | Relationship Banking and Credit Scores Maya Shaton, Columbia University (Presenter) Raji Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Discussant) | Minimum Wages and Insurance within the Firm Effrosyni Adamopoulou, University of Mannheim (Presenter) Nirupama Rao, University of Michigan (Discussant) |
4:35 pm – 5:05 pm | Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials Valerie Michelman, Brown University (Presenter) Emily Oster, Brown University (Discussant) | Preferential College Admissions for the Disadvantaged: The Role of Social Mechanisms and Subjective Beliefs Michela Tincani, University College London (Presenter) Sue Dynarski, University of Michigan (Discussant) |
5:05 pm – 5:35 pm | Can Health Insurance Expansions Cause the Supply Side to Contract? Molly Schnell, Northwestern University (Presenter) Maria Polyakova, Stanford University (Discussant) | Flexible Work Arrangements in Low Wage Jobs: Evidence from Job Vacancy Data Maria Balgova, Institute of Labor Economics (Presenter) Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis (Discussant) |
6:00 pm | Dinner at The Study Hotel Winter Garden 1227 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637 |
Saturday, August 27, 2022
7:30 am — 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast | |
8:00 am – 8:10 am | General Session | |
8:10 am – 9:00 am | Monitoring Harassment in Organizations Laura Boudreau, Columbia University (Presenter) Yana Gallen, University of Chicago (Discussant) | |
9:10 am – 10:00 am | The Real Effects of Banking the Poor: Evidence from Brazil Julia Fonseca, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Presenter) Dean Karlan, Northwestern University (Discussant) | |
10:10 am – 11:00 am | The Effects of Residential Zoning in U.S Housing Markets Jaehee Song, University of Colorado, Boulder (Presenter) Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania (Discussant) | |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
Session Track A | Session Track B | |
12:30 pm — 1:05 pm | Opiates of the Masses? Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion Tamar Oostrom, Ohio State University (Presenter) Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles (Discussant) | The Education-Innovation Gap Barbara Biasi, Yale University (Presenter) Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston (Discussant) |
1:05 pm – 1:40 pm | A Manufactured Tragedy: The Origins and Deep Ripples of the Opioid Epidemic Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto (Presenter) Maya Rossin Slater, Stanford University (Discussant) | Quota vs. Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota Ursina Schaede, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Presenter) Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara (Discussant) |
1:40 pm – 2:10 pm | Policy Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Forced Sterilization Program in Perú Dijana Zejcirovic, University of Vienna (Presenter) Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego (Discussant) | Exercising Market Power Without Using Prices: Service Time in Online Grocery Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University (Presenter) Kelsey Jack, University of California, Santa Barbara (Discussant) |
2:10 pm – 2:40 pm | Wealth of Two Nations: The US Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020 Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University (Presenter) Sandy Black, Columbia University (Discussant) | The Effects of Institutional Gaps Between Marriage and Cohabitation Paula Calvo, Arizona State University (Presenter) Juanna Schrøter Joensen, University of Chicago (Discussant) |
2:40 pm – 3:10 pm | Cultural Distance and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Eleonora Guarnieri, University of Exeter (Presenter) Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia (Discussant) | Generalized Lee Bounds Vira Semenova, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter) Xiaohong Chen, Yale University (Discussant) |
3:10 pm | Conference Concludes |