Tulane-LSU Applied Microeconomics Conference - Day 2
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Split between two afternoons in late October, this conference will (virtually) bring together economists from Tulane and LSU to discuss recent work and build connections to foster future, collaborative research. Faculty and graduate students from the economics departments of both universities are invited to attend.
Friday October 23
3:00pm – 3:30pm Patrick Testa (Tulane) “Resource Blessing? Oil, Risk, and Religious Communities as Social Insurance in the US South.” With Andy Ferrara (at the University of Pittsburgh)
3:30pm - 3:45pm Questions and discussion
3:45pm – 4:15pm Barton Willage (LSU) "Childbirth and Job Loss: Impact of Postpartum Job Displacement on Mother and Child" With Alexander Willén (Norwegian School of Economics)
4:15pm – 4:30pm Questions and discussion
4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:15pm Patrick Button (Tulane) “Gender Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from a Pilot Audit Field Experiment” With Eva Dils (Tulane), Luca Fumarco (Tulane), Benjamin Harrell (Georgia State University), and David Schwegman (American University) 5:15pm – 5:30pm Questions and discussion
Friday October 30
3:00pm – 3:30pm Areendam Chanda (LSU) "Do Attitudes Toward Risk Taking Affect Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Second-generation Americans" With Bulent Unel (LSU)
3:30pm - 3:45pm Questions and discussion
3:45pm – 4:15pm Daniel Keniston (LSU) “A Division of Laborers: Identity and Efficiency in India” With Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur) and Tatjana Kleineberg (World Bank)
4:15pm – 4:30pm Questions and discussion
4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:15pm Austin Denteh (Tulane) “Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Heterogeneous Impacts of Medicaid Managed Care” With Timothy Layton, Jacob Wallace, and Sherri Rose
5:15pm – 5:30pm Questions and discussion
