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SoCCAM – Friday, April 19, 2024

The Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont McKenna College invites economists to attend the 13th Annual Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomics (SoCCAM) on Friday, April 19, 2024.  This year, all sessions will be held in Albrecht Auditorium at Claremont Graduate University (part of the Claremont Colleges).  The keynote address will be given by Edward Miguel, Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and will be held on CMCs campus in Bauer Founders. This year's program includes sessions on:  Markets, Development, Political Economy, Labor, and Health. Registration is now open. 

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2024 Program

Sessions will be held in Albrecht Auditorium on the campus of Claremont Graduate University. Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 10 minutes for Q&A. 


8:00–8:30am Registration and breakfast - Albrecht Auditorium


8:30-9:50am    Session I:  Markets 
Chair: Martin Hackmann (UCLA)

Paper I
Misinformation and Mistrust: The Equilibrium Effects of Fake Reviews on Amazon.com           
Presenter:  Ashvin Gandhi (UCLA) 

Paper II
Power Play: Political Contributions and Regulatory Capture in the Electric Utility Industry      
Presenter:  Mark Van Orden (UCI)     


9:50 – 10:05am Break and refreshments  


10:05 - 11:25am Session II:  Development
Chair: Steven Helfand (UCR)

Paper I
What Works for Her? How Work-from-Home Jobs Affect Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India                Presenter:  Suhani Jalota (Stanford)           

Paper II
The Returns to Skills During the Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Uganda 
Presenter:  Vittorio Bassi (USC)


11:25 - 11:45 Walk to Bauer Center


11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch and Keynote – Founders Room, Bauer North
Edward Miguel, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley           


1:00 - 1:20pm Walk to Albrecht Auditorium


1:20 - 2:40pm Session III:  Health
Chair: Itzik Fadlon (UCSD)

Paper I
Mechanism Design for Personalized Policy: A Field Experiment Incentivizing Exercise 
Ariel Zucker (UCSC)

Paper II
Disentangling Sources of Variation in C-Section Rates       
Heather Royer (UCSB)


2:40 - 2:50pm Short Break for Refreshments


2:50 - 4:10pm    Session IV:  Political Economy
Chair: Emiliano Huet-Vaughn (Pomona College)

Paper I
Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?  
Daniel Firoozi (CMC)

Paper II
Leadership & Gender Composition in Managerial Positions: Evidence from the Brazilian Public Sector     
Thiago de Lucena (SDSU)


4:10 - 4:20pm Short break for Refreshments


4:20 - 5:40pm  Session V: Labor
Chair:  Laura Giuliano (UCSC)

Paper I
Quantifying Racial Disparities Using Consecutive Employment Spells   
Isaac Sorkin (Stanford) 

Paper II
The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military
Melanie Wasserman (UCLA)     


6:00 - 8:00pm Dinner alfresco at the home of David Bjerk


Honorarium
All presenters and discussants are offered a $300 honorarium to cover travel expenses. To receive the honorarium, please submit this form to Kelly Alexander at the Lowe Institute by April 30, 2024. 


SoCCAM 2024 Organizing Committee:

Itzik Fadlon, UCSD
Laura Giuliano, UCSC
Martin Hackmann, UCLA
Steven Helfand, UC Riverside
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Pomona College
Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna (Chair)


2023 SoCCAM Program


Details for Attending SoCCAM

Lodging

Casa 425 – Claremont
425 W. 1st St., Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 624-2272
Presenters and discussants, please inquire with Kelly Alexander at the Lowe Institute about the room block

DoubleTree – Claremont
555 W. Foothill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 626-2411
 

Parking

TBD - check back soon for updated parking instructions.  New this year, all sessions will be held in Albrecht Auditorium at CGU.  The keynote luncheon is in Bauer Founders on the first floor of Bauer Center on the east side of CMC's campus. 


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