Upjohn Institute participates in 2024 ASSA conference in San Antonio

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Ten Upjohn Institute researchers are participating in the 2024 Allied Social Science Associations annual meeting as paper authors, session chairs and discussants in 16 different sessions. The conference runs Jan. 5-7 in San Antonio, Texas.

Held jointly by the American Economic Association and the 64 organizations that constitute the ASSA, the meeting is the largest economics conference of its kind. Upjohn Institute staff present research each day of the conference.

Click paper title links below for current version of papers. Full details and links to sessions are in the table at bottom.

Friday, Jan. 5

8 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

2:30 p.m.

  • Brian Asquith is a discussant in the session Older Workers, Job Search and Retirement.
  • Alfonso Flores-Lagunes chairs the session Consequences for Hispanics of Public Policies, Law Enforcement, and Anti-Hispanic Sentiment.
  • Marta Lachowska chairs the session Workers' Outside Options and Welfare.

Saturday, Jan. 6

8:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 7

10:15 a.m.

  • Brad Hershbein is a discussant in the session Hiring Dynamics.

1 p.m.

  • Stephen Woodbury presents "Gender, Race, and Denied Claims for Unemployment Insurance: The Role of the Employer," coauthored with Marta Lachowska.
  • Brad Hershbein chairs the session Insurance, Uncertainty and Health.
  • Yuci Chen is a discussant in the session Inequality and Institutions.

Sessions with Upjohn Institute staff researchers are listed below. Listed rooms are in the Grand Hyatt San Antonio Riverwalk unless otherwise indicated. Paper titles are shown in quotes where the researcher is an author; otherwise, the session title is shown. Links are to the ASSA program.

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Upjohn Institute Researchers at ASSA 2024
Day Time Staff Role Paper or Session Room
Friday 8:00 AM Susan Houseman Presenting Author "The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys" Crockett C/D
Friday 8:00 AM Aaron Sojourner Nonpresenting Author "Are Retirement Planning Tools Substitutes or Complements to Financial Capability?" Presidio B
Friday 8:00 AM Brian Asquith Discussant Urban Inequality

Marriott 14

Friday 8:00 AM Alfonso Flores-Lagunes Chair Minorities and Diversity: Ideas, Measurement, Health, and Housing

Republic C

Friday 10:15 AM Gabrielle Pepin Presenting Author "The Effects of Child Care Subsidies on Paid Child Care Participation and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Child and Dependent Care Credit"

Marriott 9

Friday 10:15 AM Aaron Sojourner Discussant Vulnerable Workers, Training and Employment Outcomes

Crockett A/B

Friday 2:30 PM Alfonso Flores-Lagunes Chair Minorities and Diversity: Ideas, Measurement, Health and Housing Republic C
Friday 2:30 PM Brian Asquith Discussant Older Workers, Job Search and Retirement Crockett A/B
Friday 2:30 PM Marta Lachowska Chair Workers' Outside Options and Welfare Crockett C/D
Saturday 8:00 AM Gabrielle Pepin Presenting Author "Not Just for Kids: Child and Dependent Care Credit Benefits for Adult Care" Crockett A/B
Saturday 8:00 AM Aaron Sojourner Nonpresenting Author "Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence" Crockett C/D
Saturday 10:15 AM Aaron Sojourner Nonpresenting Author "An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education"

Crockett A/B

Saturday 10:15 AM Gabrielle Pepin Discussant New Insights on Family Policy and Female Labor Supply Crockett A/B
Sunday 10:15 AM Brad Hershbein Discussant Hiring Dynamics Crockett C/D
Sunday 1:00 PM Stephen Woodbury, Marta Lachowska Presenting Author "Gender, Race, and Denied Claims for Unemployment Insurance: The Role of the Employer"

Lone Star Ballroom C

Sunday 1:00 PM Brad Hershbein Chair Insurance, Uncertainty and Health Crockett A/B
Sunday 1:00 PM Yuci Chen Discussant Inequality and Institutions Crockett C/D

Experts

Susan N. Houseman headshot

Susan N. Houseman

Senior Economist
Stephen A. Woodbury headshot

Stephen A. Woodbury

Senior Economist
Marta Lachowska headshot

Marta Lachowska

Senior Economist and Deputy Director of Research
Aaron Sojourner headshot

Aaron Sojourner

Senior Researcher
Brad J. Hershbein headshot

Brad J. Hershbein

Senior Economist and Deputy Director of Research
Beth C. Truesdale headshot

Beth C. Truesdale

Research Fellow
Yuci Chen headshot

Yuci Chen

Economist