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 minutes to present, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 10 minutes for Q&A.
2023 SoCCAM Program pdf
| 8:00–8:40 am | Registration and breakfast – Breezeway outside of Freeberg Forum in Kravis Center |
| 8:40-8:45 am | Welcome |
| 8:50–10:10 am | Session I: Law and Crime Chair: Emiliano Huet-Vaughn (Pomona) |
| Nixing the Judge: Peremptory Challenges of Judges and Strategic Behavior Presenter: Eric Helland (CMC) Discussant: Jorgen Harris (Occidental) | |
| Does Neighborhood Investment Actually Affect Crime? New Evidence from LIHTC and Smartphone-based Measures of Policing Presenter: Yilin Zhuo (UCLA Anderson) Discussant: Ben Hansen (U of Oregon) | |
| 10:10 – 10:25 am | Break and refreshments |
| 10:25 – 11:45 am | Session II: International Environmental Chair: Kelsey Jack (UCSB) |
| International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Mortality and Health Data Presenter: Seonmin Will Heo (UCSB) Discussant: Meera Mahadevan (UCI) | |
| Market Access and Deforestation Presenter: Ryan Abman (SDSU) Discussant: Vittorio Bassi (USC) | |
| 12:00 – 1:15 pm | Lunch and Keynote – Founders Room, Bauer North Childbearing and Inequality in the US Martha Bailey, Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1:30 – 2:50 pm | Session III: IO and Labor Chair: Martin Hackmann (UCLA) |
| Bargaining and the Labor Market Presenter: Sydnee Caldwell (UC Berkeley) Discussant: David Arnold (UCSD) | |
| Colluding Against Workers Presenter: Michael Rubens (UCLA) Discussant: Monica Morlacco (USC) | |
| 2:50-3:00 pm | Break and refreshments |
| 3:00-4:20 pm | Session IV: Public and Development Chair: Steven Helfand (UCR) |
| Financial Aid and Social Mobility: Evidence from Colombia’s Ser Pilo Paga Presenter: Juliana Londono-Velez (UCLA) Discussant: Joseph Cummins (UCR) | |
| Polity Size and Local Government Performance: Evidence from India Presenter: Jeff Weaver (USC) Discussant: Ajay Shenoy (UCSC) | |
| 4:20-4:30 pm | Break and refreshments |
| 4:30-5:50 pm | Session V: Labor and Public Chair: Laura Giuliano (UC Santa Cruz) |
| The Long-Term Effects of Workplace Injury on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from California Presenter: Michael Dworsky (RAND) Discussant: Adam Leive (UC Berkeley) | |
| Separation-Based Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance: Implications for Recipiency, Unemployment Duration, and Earnings Presenter: Geoffrey Schnorr (CA Policy Lab) Discussant: Simon Quach (USC) | |
| 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
Steven Helfand, UC Riverside
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn, Pomona College
Kelsey Jack, UCSB
Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna (Chair)
