Virtual 96th Annual Conference

Program

The final program update will remain available in perpetuity for archival purposes.

Conference Schedule

Sunday, June 27

6:00 am-7:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
8:00 am-9:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
10:00 am-11:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
12:00 pm-1:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
2:00 pm-3:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm-5:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
6:00 pm-7:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions

Monday, June 28

6:00 am-7:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
8:00 am-9:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
10:00 am-11:45 am -- 2020 Presidential Address by John Shoven "Is Automatic Enrollment Consistent with a Life Cycle Model?"
12:00 pm-1:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
2:00 pm-3:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm-5:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
6:00 pm-7:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions

Tuesday, June 29

6:00 am-7:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
8:00 am-9:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
10:00 am-11:45 am -- Keynote Address by Emi Nakamura "The Slope of the Phillips Curve: Evidence from U.S. States"
12:00 pm-1:45 pm -- 2021 Presidential Address by Alan Auerbach "Tax Policy with Low Interest Rates"
2:00 pm-3:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm-5:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
6:00 pm-7:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions

Wednesday, June 30

12:00 am-1:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
2:00 am-3:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
4:00 am-5:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
6:00 am-7:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
8:00 am-9:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
10:00 am-11:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
12:00 pm-1:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
2:00 pm-3:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm-5:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions
6:00 pm-7:45 pm -- Concurrent Sessions

Thursday, July 1

6:00 am-7:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
8:00 am-9:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions
10:00 am-11:45 am -- Concurrent Sessions

Conference Close

Conference Registration

Fees below reflect virtual conference discount of 30% and apply to everyone participating in the conference whether on the program or not (after May 15, rates increase $45):

• US$185 $129.50 for members
• US$265 $185.50 for non-members
• US$95 $66.50 for student members
• US$135 $94.50 for student non-members

Discounts

• WEAI Institutional Member affiliates are eligible for a 20% discount on registration fees. For the code to take the discount at checkout, contact your designated representative or contact WEAI at [email protected].
• Early registration closes on May 15, after which fees increase $45. 

Benefits

• Access to all general and concurrent sessions.
• Waiver of manuscript submission fees for current WEAI members submitting their conference paper to Economic Inquiry or Contemporary Economic Policy by December 31, 2021.

Cancellation & Refund Policies

• Cancellations must be received in writing. Please e-mail [email protected].

• Program participants must advise the participants in their session(s) of their cancellation.

• Refunds for program participants:
  Volunteer abstract submission fees are non-refundable upon accept/reject decision. If a volunteer paper abstract is not accepted for the program, the full registration fee is refundable. For cancellation by a participant on or before March 1, fifty percent (50%) of registration fee is refundable. After March 1, the registration fee is non-refundable due to the high administrative cost of rearranging the affected sessions and participants.

• Refunds for all others, not on the program: 
  On or before June 1, the full registration fee is refundable, less $25 handling fee. After June 1, the registration fee is non-refundable.

• Membership dues are non-refundable.

• Refunds will be processed after the conference and are subject to a $25 handling fee.
   

Important Dates

March 1: Volunteer program participants' cancellation deadline with 50% refund.
May 1: Registration deadline for program participants.
May 15: $45 early registration discount ends.
June 1: Paper presenters circulate papers to all session participants.
June 1: Cancellation and refund deadline (for all except volunteer program participants, see March 1 above).
 

Designed to help students prepare for the highly-competitive job market, this program offers selected Ph.D. candidates hands-on experience in job-market paper presentation skills and interview techniques. Since 2009, the workshop has been held in conjunction with WEAI’s Annual Conference. 

2021 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 |  Education, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder

• Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
  Sent Away: Long-term Effects of Forced Displacements
• Ilaria D'Angelis, Boston College - Department of Economics
  Are We There? The Search for Amenities and the Early Career Gender Wage Gap among Highly Educated Workers
• Kaitlyn Sims, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
  Seeking Safe Harbors: Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters and Family Violence
• Luis Armona, Stanford University - Department of Economics
  Redesigning Federal Student Aid in Higher Education

Group #2 | Economics of Education, Health, and the Household
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University 

• Nikolai Boboshko, Cornell University - Department of Economics
  The Effect of Tenure Laws on Students: Evidence from the Implementation of Tenure Systems in the 20th Century
• Arian Seifoddini, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
  How Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Affect Household Expenditures for Single Female Heads of Households?
• Sachintha Mendis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 
  Food Acquisition and Time Use: A Demand System Approach
• Ernest Dorillas, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
  Distance and Quality Tradeoff: The Tale of US Rural Mothers

Group #3 | Applied Micro for Policy
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming 

• Karen Ortiz-Becerra, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  Land Concentration and Rural Labor Markets: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
• Eleanor Wiseman, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  Trade, Informality and Corruption: evidence from small-scale traders in Kenya
• John Moorehouse, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
  Carbon Taxes in Spatial Equilibrium
• Alexander Cardazzi, West Virginia University - Department of Economics
  Nudging and Driving: An Analysis of Dynamic Message Signs in Virginia

Group #4 | Dan's Applied Micro Group
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver

• Maggie Shi, Columbia University - Department of Economics
  The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring: Evidence from Medicare Audits
• Arkadev Ghosh, University of British Columbia - Department of Economics 
  Religious Divisions, Production Technology and Firm Productivity: Experimental Evidence from India
• Robel Alemu, Tufts University - Department of Economics
  Long-term Impacts of Micronutrient Deprivation on Education Attainment: Evidence from Wartime Disruption of Iodized Salt in Ethiopia
• Julieth Santamaria, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
  When a Stranger Shall Sojourn with Thee: The Impact of the Venezuelan Exodus on Colombian Labor Markets

Program Chairs

• Christina Romer, University of California, Berkeley
• Wade Martin, California State University, Long Beach, and Western Economic Association International

Contemporary Economic Policy Session Chair

• Jack W. Hou, California State University, Long Beach, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Session Organizers

• James H. Alleman, University of Colorado Boulder
• Morris Altman, University of Dundee
• Noriko Amano-Patino, University of Cambridge
• Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California, Merced
• Francisca Antman, University of Colorado Boulder
• Djeto Assane, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Dina Azhgaliyeva, Asian Development Bank Institute
• Laura H. Baldwin, RAND Corporation
• Sarah H. Bana, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
• Tatiana Baron, Ben-Gurion University
• Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute
• Jane M. Binner, University of Birmingham
• German Blanco, Illinois State University
• Luisa Blanco, Pepperdine University
• Nathan E. Blascak, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley
• Trudy Ann Cameron, University of Oregon
• C. Monica Capra, Claremont Graduate University
• Daniel N. Carvell, CNA Corporation
• Brachel Champion, University of Colorado Boulder
• Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
• Stephanie Chang, The University of British Columbia
• David S. C. Chu, Institute for Defense Analyses
• Chanjin Chung, Oklahoma State University
• Elizabeth B. Clelan, Center for Naval Analyses
• James Cloyne, University of California-Davis
• Kevin Cooksey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Kalena E. Cortes, Texas A&M University, College Station
• Anca D. Cristea, University of Oregon
• Lewis S. Davis, Smith College
• Tommaso Denti, Cornell University
• Ivan Deseatnicov, Higher School of Economics
• Darwyyn Deyo, San Jose State University
• David S. Dixon, University of New Mexico
• Takero Doi, Keio University
• Jacqueline Doremus, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Christian Edlagan, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
• Hamid Falatoonzadeh, University of Redlands
• Zadia M. Feliciano, Queens College, CUNY, The Graduate Center, CUNY, and NBER
• Mahelet G. Fikru, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Luca Fumarco, Tulane University
• Michael Garvey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
• Thomas (Tim) H. Gindling, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Mario Gonzalez, Central Bank of Chile
• Shawkat Hammoudeh, Drexel University
• Michael J. Haupert, University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse
• Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Erik Hembre, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Brad J. Hershbein, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
• Jack W. Hou, California State University, Long Beach, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Jonathan Hughes, University of Colorado Boulder
• John Ifcher, Santa Clara University
• Selahattin Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California
• Christine Jachetta, CNA Corporation
• Andrew Jalil, Occidental College
• Jacklyn Kambic, CNA Corporation
• Hyeongwoo Kim, Auburn University
• Raymond Kim, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
• Olga Klochko, Higher School of Economics
• Michael S. Kofoed, United States Military Academy
• Denise Eby Konan, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
• Jinhyung Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
• Zhiyun Li, Cornell University
• Chengfang Liu, Peking University
• Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles
• Teresa Lloyd-Braga, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
• Julie A. Lockwood (formerly Pechacek), Institute for Defense Analyses
• Trevon D. Logan, Ohio State University
• Chang Ma, Fudan University
• Sakib Mahmud, University of Wisconsin -- Superior
• Lauren Malone, CNA Corporation
• Molly McIntosh, RAND Corporation
• Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Leonor Modesto, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
• John Mondragon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Nobuko Nagase, Ochanomizu University
• Abdoulaye Ndiaye, New York University Stern School of Business
• Christopher Neilson, Princeton University
• Kristoffer Nimark, Cornell University
• Jeffrey B. Nugent, University of Southern California
• Noelia R. Paez, Hawaii Pacific University
• Bibhudutta Panda, University of Minnesota Morris
• Jerry Pannullo, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Aaron Robert Phipps, United States Military Academy
• Ellen M. Pint, RAND Corporation
• Alexa Prettyman, Georgia State University
• Manu Raghav, DePauw University
• Michael R Ransom, Brigham Young University
• Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley
• Badri Narayan Rath, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
• Stephanie L. Rizzardi, Rizzardi Economic Associates, and NAFE Western Regional Vice President
• Christopher S. Ruebeck, Lafayette College
• Mohammed R. Safarzadeh, University of Southern California
• Vania Bitia Salas García, Universidad de Piura
• Kristina A. Sargent, Middlebury College
• Rahel Schomaker, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, and German Research Institute for Public Admin. Speyer
• Mikhail Smirnov, CNA Corporation
• Jialu Liu Streeter, Stanford University
• Yuxin Su, Claremont Graduate University
• Justin Svec, College of the Holy Cross
• Raul Cruz Tadle, California State University, Sacramento
• Massimiliano Tani, University of New South Wales, Canberra
• Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Cornell University
• Kashi Nath Tiwari, KNT's Academic Financial Research
• Marie Valentova, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
• Maarten van Oordt, Bank of Canada
• Tatsuma Wada, Keio University
• Travis Williams, University of Iowa
• Claudia Williamson, Mississippi State University
• Wesley W. Wilson, University of Oregon
• John David Winkler, RAND Corporation
• Erin L Wolcott, Middlebury College
• Corey Woodruff, University of Colorado Boulder
• Pengpeng Xiao, Duke University

Volunteer Session Consultants

• Yutian Chen, California State University, Long Beach
• Yanling Qi, California State University, Long Beach