Conference Program – April 28, 2023
All sessions will be held in Freeberg Forum in the Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College. Each presenter will have 20 min. to present, 10 min. for the discussant, and 10 min. for Q&A.
| 8:00–8:40 am | Registration and breakfast – Courtyard outside of Bauer Founders Room |
| 8:40-8:45 am | Welcome |
| 8:50–10:10 am | Session I: Public and Development |
| Financial Aid and Social Mobility: Evidence from Colombia’s Ser Pilo Paga Presenter: Juliana Londono-Velez (UCLA) | |
| Polity Size and Local Government Performance: Evidence from India Presenter: Jeff Weaver (USC) | |
| 10:10 – 10:25 am | Break and refreshments |
| 10:25 – 11:45 am | Session II: International Environmental |
| International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Mortality and Health Data Presenter: Seonmin Will Heo (UCSB) | |
| Market Access and Deforestation Presenter: Ryan Abman (SDSU) | |
| 12:00 – 1:15 pm | Lunch and Keynote – Founders Room, Bauer North Martha Bailey, Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1:30 – 2:50 pm | Session III: IO and Labor |
| Bargaining and the Labor Market Presenter: Sydnee Caldwell (UC Berkeley) | |
| Colluding Against Workers Presenter: Michael Rubens (UCLA) | |
| 2:50-3:00 pm | Break and refreshments |
| 3:00-4:20 pm | Session IV: Law and Crime |
| Does Neighborhood Investment Actually Affect Crime? New Evidence from LIHTC and Smartphone-based Measures of Policing Presenter: Yilin Zhuo (UCLA Anderson) | |
| Nixing the Judge: Peremptory Challenges of Judges and Strategic Behavior Presenter: Eric Helland (CMC) | |
| 4:20-4:30 pm | Break and refreshments |
| 4:30-5:50 pm | Session V: Labor and Public |
| The Long-Term Effects of Workplace Injury on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from California Presenter: Michael Dworsky (RAND) | |
| Separation-Based Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance: Implications for Recipiency, Unemployment Duration, and Earnings Presenter: Geoffrey Schnorr (CA Policy Lab) | |
| 6:00-8:00 pm | Dinner at Walter’s Restaurant in the Claremont Village – 310 Yale Avenue |
SoCCAM 2023 Organizing Committee:
Itzik Fadlon, UCSD
Laura Giuliano, UCSC
Martin Hackmann, UCLA
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Pomona College
Kelsey Jack, UCSB
Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna (Chair)
