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Frontiers in Economic Analysis with Genetic Data
The conference on Frontiers in Economic Analysis with Genetic Data will take place on Thursday, November 18th and Friday, November 19th, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The conference will bring together economists interested in the potential for genetic data to contribute to broad, long-standing questions in economics.
The two-day conference is hosted by BRIDGE (BRInging Data on Genetics to Economics) and sponsored by the Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at UW-Madison, the Center for the Economics of Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Chicago, and the National Institute on Aging as the funder of the Research Network on the Determinants of Life Course Capabilities and Outcomes.
For more information, visit the main event page on CDHA’s website.
Date and Location
Thursday, November 18-Friday, November 19, 2021The Discovery Building, Orchard View Room
330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI 53715
Registration
Please register for the event here.Conference Organizers
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Jason Fletcher
CDHA Director, UW–Madison
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Nicholas Papageorge
Johns Hopkins University
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Victor Ronda
Center for the Economics of Human Development
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Lauren Schmitz
UW–Madison
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Kevin Thom
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Schedule
Sessions & Videos
Human Capital: Gene x Environment
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Robel Alemu
Tufts University
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Norma Coe
University of Pennsylvania
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Titus Galama
University of Southern California
Robel Alemu, Tufts University
Titus Galama, University of Southern California
Life Cycle Behaviors I
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Leandro Carvalho
University of Southern California
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George-Levi Gayle
Washington University in St. Louis
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Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo
Johns Hopkins University
Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: George-Levi Gayle, Washington University in St. Louis
Human Capital: Nature and Nurture
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Orazio Attanasio
Yale University
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Jonathan Beauchamp
George Mason University
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Victor Ronda
Center for the Economics of Human Development
Victor Ronda, The University of Chicago
Discussant: Orazio Attanasio, Yale University
Jonathan Beauchamp, George Mason University
Discussant: Orazio Attanasio, Yale University
Lifecycle Behaviors II
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Richard Sias
University of Arizona
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Silvia H. Barcellos
University of Southern California
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Matthew Wiswall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Basit Zafar
University of Michigan
Richard Sias, University of Arizona
Discussant: Basit Zafar, University of Michigan
Silvia Barcellos, University of Southern California
Discussant: Matthew Wiswall, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Intergenerational Examinations
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Joseph Ferrie
Northwestern University
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Bhash Mazumder
Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Aldo Rustichini
University of Minnesota
Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota
Next Frontiers
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Daniel Benjamin
University of California, Los Angeles
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David Cesarini
New York University
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Lauren Schmitz
UW–Madison
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Patrick Turley
University of Southern California
Daniel Benjamin, University of California, Los Angeles
Patrick Turley, University of Southern California