The determinants of economic opportunity and intergenerational mobility cut across many social science disciplines and this conference brought together scholars with different perspectives on these issues. The conference featured opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a Keynote talk from Henrik Kleven.

The conference was held at our offices in Cambridge, MA on November 21 – 22, 2024. The audience included faculty affiliates and research associates of Opportunity Insights as well as other members of the Harvard social science community. Jamie Fogel and Matthew Staiger organized the conference. For any questions, please contact Matthew at [email protected].

KEYNOTE TALK BY HENRIK KLEVEN

Henrik Kleven is the Lynn Bendheim Thoman, Class of 1977, and Robert Bendheim, Class of 1937, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is appointed jointly by the Department of Economics and the School of Public and International Affairs. Previously, he has held positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Copenhagen. He received his PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2003. He has served as Co-Editor of the American Economic Review and Chief Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He is a Research Associate at the NBER.

His research focuses on questions in public economics, labor economics, and inequality. This includes research on the effects and optimal design of public policies (such as tax policy, welfare, and family policy) as well as research on gender inequality in the labor market. His work has been published in the leading academic journals of economics. It is regularly cited in top media outlets, and it has influenced policy making in several countries.

PROGRAM

For presentation start times, see the 2024 Conference Schedule.

Thursday, 11/21/2024

• The Missing Link(s): Women and Intergenerational Mobility
  

  Presented by: Lukas Althoff (Stanford University, Department of Economics)
  Co-Authors: Harriet Brookes Gray and Hugo Reichardt

• The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia
  

  Presented by: Anna Stansbury (MIT Sloan)
  Co-Authors: Kyra Rodriguez

• How Far Can Inclusion Go? The Long-term Impacts of Preferential College Admissions
  

  Presented by: Michela Tincani (University College London, Department of Economics)
  Co-Authors: Michela Carlana and Enrico Miglino

• One Land, Many Promises: Assessing the Consequences of Unequal Childhood Location Effects
  

  Presented by: Hadar Avivi (Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section)
  Co-Authors: Tslil Aloni

• Every Day Counts: Absenteeism and the Returns to Education in High-Poverty Schools
  

  Presented by: Jamie Gracie (Harvard University, Department of Economics)
  Co-Authors: Benjamin Goldman

• Social Ties and Residential Choice: Micro Evidence and Equilibrium Implications

  Presented by: Martin Koenen (Harvard University, Political Economy and Government)
  Co-Authors: Drew Johnston
  

• On the Determinants of Young Adult Outcomes: Impacts of Randomly Assigned Neighborhoods For Children in Military Families
  

  Presented by: Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth College, Department of Economics)
  Co-Authors: Laura Kawano, William L. Skimmyhorn, and Michael Stevens

Friday, 11/22/2024

• Unequal Access: Racial Segregation and the Distributional Impacts of Interstate Highways in Cities

  Presented by: Laura Weiwu (UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business)

• Intergenerational Mobility and Housing Wealth in the United States

  Presented by: Max Risch (Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business)
  Co-Authors: Ariel Binder and John Voorheis

• Parental Income in the Labor Market
  

  Presented by: Jean-William Laliberte (University of Calgary, Department of Economics)
  Co-Authors: Alexander Whalley

• Information and Access in School Choice Systems: Evidence from New York City
  

  Presented by: Viola Corradini (University of Wisconsin, Department of Economics)

• Keynote Address

   Presented by: Henrik Kleven

• Peer Effects and the Gender Gap in Corporate Leadership: Evidence from MBA Students
  

  Presented by: Francesca Truffa (University of Michigan, Ross School of Business)
  Co-Authors: Menaka Hampole and Ashley Wong

• Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring, Cognitive Outcomes, and Soft Skills
  

   Presented by: Eliana LaFerrara (Harvard Kennedy School)
  Co-Authors: Michela Carlana

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The program for the 2023 conference can be found here.