“Current Research on the Low-Income Population”
June 17–20, 2019
2339 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI
AGENDA
| MONDAY, JUNE 17 | |
| Session 1: Higher Education I | |
| 12:00–1:15 | Framing Effects, Earnings Expectations, and the Design of Student Loan Repayment Schemes Katharine Abraham, Emel Filiz-Ozbay, Erkut Ozbay, University of Maryland; and Lesley Turner, Vanderbilt University |
| Session 2: Housing | |
| 1:15–2:30 | The Causes and Consequences of Neighborhood Sorting: Evidence from School Finance Reforms Patrick Bayer, Duke University; Peter Blair, Harvard University; and Kenneth Whaley, Clemson University |
| 2:30–2:45 | Break |
| 2:45–4:00 | Does Eviction Cause Poverty? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Cook County, IL John Eric Humphries, Yale University; Nick Mader, University of Chicago; Daniel Tannenbaum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Winnie van Dijk, University of Chicago |
| Session 3: Methods | |
| 4:00–5:15 | Difference-in-Differences Estimates of Demographic Processes Fangqi Wen and Lawrence Wu, New York University |
| Dinner on your own | |
TUESDAY, JUNE 18 |
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| 8:00–8:30 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session 3: Methods, continued | |
| 8:30–9:45 | Algorithmic Risk Assessment in the Hands of Humans Jennifer Doleac, Texas A&M University; and Megan Stevenson, George Mason University |
| Session 4: Child Welfare | |
| 9:45–11:00 | Do State TANF Policies Affect Child Abuse and Neglect? Donna Ginther, University of Kansas; and Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, The Ohio State University |
| 11:00–11:15 | Break |
| 11:15–12:30 | Changes in Family Structure and Welfare Participation Since the 1960s: The Role of Legal Services Jamein Cunningham, University of Memphis; and Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Vanderbilt University |
| 12:30–1:30 | Lunch (discussion continues) |
| Optional listening session with IRP staff on use of IRP materials in classroom settings, Room 2335 | |
| Session 5: Health Insurance | |
| 1:30–2:45 | Do Local Governments Represent Voter Preferences? Evidence from the Affordable Care Act on Local Government Support for Hospitals Victoria Perez, Justin Ross, and Kosali Simon, Indiana University Presentation |
| Session 6: K-12 Education | |
| 2:45–4:00 | Getting Tough? The Effects of Discretionary Principal Discipline on Student Outcomes Shawn Bushway, Lucy Sorensen, University at Albany, SUNY; and Elizabeth Gifford, Duke University |
| 4:00–4:15 | Break |
| 4:15–5:30 | Getting Effective Educators in Hard-to-Staff Schools Eric Hanushek, Stanford University; Andrew Morgan, Minh Nguyen, Ben Ost, and Steven Rivkin, University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Reception, Evening Presentation & Dinner Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue |
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| 5:30–6:30 | Reception |
| 6:30–7:00 | Dinner |
| 7:00 | The Unwavering SES Achievement Gap: Trends in U.S. Student Performance Erik Hanushek, Paul Peterson, Laura Talpey, Stanford University; and Ludger Woessmann, University of Munich |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 |
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| 7:45–8:15 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session 7: Labor Market Programs I | |
| 8:15–9:30 | Can Intensive Case Management Move People Out of Poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation William Evans, Shawna Kolka, and James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame |
| 9:30–10:45 | Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes Manasi Deshpande, Yalun Su, University of Chicago; and Tal Gross, Boston University Presentation |
| 10:45–11:00 | Break |
| Session 8: Incarceration | |
| 11:00–12:15 | Shared Punishment? The Impact of Incarcerating Fathers on Child Outcomes Kristiina Huttunen, VATT Institute for Economic Research; Martti Kaila, University of Helsinki; Tuomas Kosonen, Labor Institute for Economic Research; and Emily Nix, University of Southern California Presentation |
| 12:15–1:15 | Lunch (discussion continues) |
| Session 9: Higher Education II | |
| 1:15–2:30 | An Empirical Analysis of Racial Segregation in Higher Education Peter Hinrichs, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| 2:30–3:45 | Using Longitudinal Administrative Data to Measure Income Gaps in College Going Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan; and Katherine Michelmore, Syracuse University Presentation |
| 3:45–4:00 | Break |
| 4:00–5:15 | The Effects of Need-Based Financial Aid on Employment, Earnings and Receipt of Public Benefits Deven Carlson, University of Oklahoma; and Alex Schmidt, Barbara Wolfe, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Dinner on your own | |
THURSDAY, JUNE 20 |
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| 7:45–8:15 | Breakfast, Grainger Hall |
| Session 10: Labor Market Programs II | |
| 8:15–9:30 | The Benefits of Subsidized Employment: How and for whom? Evidence from the ReHire Colorado Transitional Jobs Program Tania Barham, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Brian Cadena, Patrick Turner, University of Notre Dame |
| 9:30–10:45 | Does Youth Training Lead to Better Job Quality? Evidence from the Job Corps German Blanco, Illinois State University, and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University |
| 10:45–11:15 | Break/Working Lunch (during last two presentations) |
| Session 11: Children | |
| 11:15–12:30 | The Effect of Income During Infancy: Evidence from the EITC Andrew Barr, Texas A&M University; and Alexander Smith, USMA-West Point |
| 12:30–1:45 | Do Health Insurance Mandates Spillover to Education? Evidence from Michigan’s Autism Insurance Mandate Riley Acton, Scott Imberman, Michigan State University; and Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University Presentation |
| 1:45–2:00 | Closing remarks and discussion (meeting adjourns) |