2024 STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference
When
- Friday, November 8
11 a.m.–7:30 p.m. CT - Saturday, November 9
8 a.m.–12 p.m. CT
Where
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, TX 75150
Directions
Agenda
| Friday, Nov. 8 | |
| 11:10 a.m. | Welcome Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 11:15 a.m. | Are Juries Racially Discriminatory? Evidence from the Race-Blind Charging of Grand Jury Defendants with and without Racially Distinctive Names Mark Hoekstra, Baylor University |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:20 p.m. | Cash Transfers and Violent Crime in Indonesia Krisztina Kis Katos, University of Göttingen/University of Houston |
| 2:05 p.m. | Keynote presentation Efficient Difference-in-Differences and Event Study Estimators Pedro Sant’Anna, Emory University |
| 3:00 p.m. | Graduate Student Poster Session |
| 4:00 p.m. | Levees: Infrastructure and Insurance as Adaptation to Flood Risk Anna Ziff, Texas A&M University |
| 4:45 p.m. | Landlords as Lenders of Last Resort? Late Housing Payments During Unemployment Nathaniel Pattison, SMU |
| 5:30 p.m. | Reception |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner |
| Saturday, Nov. 9 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Broadcasting Education at Scale: Long-Term Labor Market Impacts of Television-Based Schools Raissa Fabregas, University of Texas at Austin |
| 9:45 a.m. | (Don’t) Walk This Way: The Econometrics of Crosswalks Dan Millimet, SMU |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | The Power to Discriminate Sam Dodini, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 11:45 a.m. | Closing; box lunches |
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Posters
- Impact of a National Tuition Scholarship Policy on Admissions and Enrollment at University Undergraduate Programs
Alonso Aravena Mendez, Baylor University - More Ado about Nothing? Questioning the Short and Long-term Effects of Data Breaches on Hospital Finances
Jared Black, Baylor University - The Economic Effects of Child Migration from the Orphan Train Movement
Maxwell Bullard ,Texas A&M University - The Economic Value of Cap-and-Trade Policy for Water Pollution and Environmental Justice
Yoojin Cha, University of Texas at Austin - Children's Health and Household Bargaining
Hsin-Wei Chang, Southern Methodist University - Neighborhood Change and Tipping Points
William Cunningham, Southern Methodist University - Optimal Allocation of Electric Vehicle Subsidies: Consumer or Dealer (or Both)
Thao Duong, Texas A&M University - Driving Inclusion: The Effect of Improved Transportation for People with Disabilities
Melissa Gentry, Texas A&M University - Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Effect of Decriminalizing Student Misbehaviors on Education, Work, and Adult Criminality
Zijing He, University of Texas at Austin - The Returns to Elite Sports Programs: Signaling or Value Added?
Jordan Holbrook, University of Houston - The Effect of Air Pollution on Mortality: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke in Mexico
Maximilian Nohr, University of Texas at Austin - Echoes of Icarus: How Parental Over-Aspiration Shapes Children's Academic Success
Shuo Qi, Southern Methodist University - Strategic Environment: Conservation Policies Effectiveness and Strategic Behavior
Angelo Santos, University of Houston - Exposure to Heat and Student's Cognitive Functioning
Yabo Gwladys Vidogbena, University of Houston - The Long-Term Human Capital Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from India
Yujie Zhang, University of Houston - Algorithm as Manager: How Algorithmic Judge-Case Assignment Influence Court Performance
Rui Zuo, University of Texas at Austin
For more information
Contact Sharon Wallace at sharon.wallace@dal.frb.org.