Conference on Genetics and Social Science

December 8–9, 2016

This conference was an installment in the conference series of the Research Network on the Determinants of Life Course Capabilities and Outcomes, and was hosted at The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. This conference discussed the role genetics in effecting long term life outcomes in a variety of areas including human capital formation, health, and behavior.

Organizers

Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rodrigo Pinto, University of California, Los Angeles
Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota

Program

October 9 to 10, 2016

December 8

 
Sociogenomic Analysis of Life-Couse Social Mobility in Two Large, Longitudinal Studies in the United States
Ben Domingue, Stanford University
Discussant: Meike Bartels

Multi-trait Bayesian Meta-analysis
Patrick Turley, Massachusetts General Hospital
Discussant: Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota

 
A Genome-wide Association Study of Risk Tolerance
Jonathan Beauchamp, University of Toronto
Discussant: Chih Ming Tan, University of North Dakota

Gene-by-SES Interplay in Health Behavior: Theory and Empirics
Titus Galama, University of Southern California
Discussant: Stuart Ritchie, The University of Edinburgh

Genes, Smoking, and Health
Andrew Caplin, New York University
Discussant: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Educational Achievement
Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Rodrigo Pinto, University of California, Los Angeles

December 9


Neural Mechanisms of Reward Value, Emotion and Decision-making
Edmund Rolls, Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience
Discussant: Andrew Caplin, New York University

Genes, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Kevin Thom, New York University
Discussant: Maria Casanova, California State University, Fullerton

Predicting Behavioral Traits from Genomic Data
David Cesarini, New York University
Discussant: Aysu Okbay, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Evolution of Human mortality: the Role of Genes, Intrauterine Experiences and Early Growth
Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Discussant: Andros Kourtellos, University of Cyprus

A New Approach to Measuring the Roles of Nature and Nurture from Twins Data
Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Discussant: Rebecca Myerson, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy