PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, April 6th Wednesday, April 7th Thursday, April 8th Friday, April 9th
Tuesday, April 6th
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09:00-11:15 SRSA Council Meeting (By Invitation Only)
All sessions are scheduled in U.S. Eastern Time.
12:30-14:45 Session 1A: Immigration
Chair:
John Winters (Iowa State University, United States)
| 12:30 | Routine-biased technological change and declining employment rate of immigrants (abstract) PRESENTER: Younjun Kim Discussant: Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez |
| 13:00 | Why Foreign Married Women Have Low Labor Force Participation Rate: Evidence from H-4 Visa Policy Change (abstract) Discussant: Jia Wang |
| 13:30 | Immigrant perception, poverty and political insights (abstract) PRESENTER: Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez Discussant: Xiaoyin Li |
| 14:00 | Can legal status help undocumented immigrants achieve the American Dream? Evidence from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (abstract) PRESENTER: Jia Wang Discussant: Younjun Kim |
12:30-14:45 Session 1B: Regional Economic Development I
Chair:
Michael Betz (The Ohio State University, United States)
| 12:30 | A State-Level Analysis of the Cost Efficiency of US Community Banks (abstract) Discussant: Andrew Van Leuven |
| 13:00 | The Impact of Main Street Revitalization on Small-Town Business Districts (abstract) Discussant: Rebekka Dudensing |
| 13:30 | A template for estimating the economic contribution of rural hospitals (abstract) PRESENTER: Rebekka Dudensing Discussant: Keith Waters |
| 14:00 | Regional Economic Tightness from Rural to populous Regions (abstract) PRESENTER: Keith Waters Discussant: Eduardo Minuci |
12:30-14:45 Session 1C: Water Issues
Chair:
Yong Chen (Oregon State University, United States)
| 12:30 | VECM Model of Water Production in Los Angeles: Implications for Community Resilience and Recovery (abstract) PRESENTER: Bradley Ewing Discussant: Elham Erfanian |
| 13:00 | A Game-Theoretic Model of Water Theft During a Drought (abstract) PRESENTER: Amit Batabyal Discussant: Joao-Pedro Ferreira |
| 13:30 | Evaluating Violations of Drinking Water in Eight Southern States: Are the Rural Places Different than the Urban Areas? (abstract) PRESENTER: Elham Erfanian Discussant: Bradley Ewing |
| 14:00 | 2018 Red Tide and peer-to-peer accommodations: assessing the economic impacts using a multi-regional input-output model (abstract) PRESENTER: Joao-Pedro Ferreira Discussant: Amit Batabyal |
15:00-17:15 Session 2A: State Forecasts and COVID-19
Organizer: John Connaughton, UNC Charlotte
Chair:
John Connaughton (UNC Charlotte, United States)
| 15:00 | South Carolina Economic Outlook (abstract) |
| 15:30 | Oklahoma Economic Outlook (abstract) |
| 16:00 | West Virginia Economic Outlook (abstract) |
| 16:30 | North Carolina Economic Outlook (abstract) |
15:00-17:15 Session 2B: Regional Economic Development II
Chair:
Amir B. Ferreira Neto (Florida Gulf Coast University, United States)
| 15:00 | Understanding the Causes and Spatial Structure of Southern Economic Development (abstract) PRESENTER: Ryan James Discussant: Hassan Pordeli |
| 15:30 | Jacksonville Clay Target Sports Economic Impact Report (abstract) PRESENTER: Hassan Pordeli Discussant: Michael Betz |
| 16:00 | The Local Economic Impacts of the Oil and Gas Industry: Boom, Bust and Resilience to Shocks (abstract) PRESENTER: Michael Betz Discussant: Brian Sloboda |
| 16:30 | A Spatial Simultaneous-Equations Approach to Estimate the County, Employment and Income Growth in Pennsylvania, 1980-2018 (abstract) PRESENTER: Brian Sloboda Discussant: Ryan James |
15:00-17:15 Session 2C: Early Career Development Panel Discussion
Organizer: Dayton Lambert, Oklahoma State University
Chair:
Dayton Lambert (Oklahoma State University, United States)
| 15:00 | Early Career Development (abstract) |
17:30-19:00 Junior Scholars Reception Hosted by Christa Court (University of Florida)
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Wednesday, April 7th
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09:00-11:15 Session 3A: Regional/Spatial Perspectives on the US Drug Crisis
Organizer: Brian Cushing, West Virginia University
Chair:
Brian Cushing (West Virginia University, United States)
| 09:00 | The Effect of Opioid Abuse on Child Out-of-Home Placements (abstract) Discussant: Elham Erfanian |
| 09:30 | Shale Boom, Drug Bust? Did the Oil and Gas Boom Exacerbate or Dampen Overdose Deaths in Drilling Communities? (abstract) PRESENTER: Ali Abboud Discussant: Frank O’connor |
| 10:00 | Medicaid Expansion and Opioid Supply Policies to Address the Opioid Crisis (abstract) PRESENTER: Shishir Shakya Discussant: Julie Marshall |
| 10:30 | Geography of Polysubstance Drug Mortality: Place and Policy Effects (abstract) PRESENTER: David Peters Discussant: Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez |
09:00-11:15 Session 3B: Housing Prices
Chair:
Carlianne Patrick (Georgia State University, United States)
| 09:00 | Bidding Up Affordable Housing: Early Housing Market Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic (abstract) PRESENTER: Lei Zhang Discussant: Amanda Weinstein |
| 09:30 | Did Homeowners Value the Relocation of the Raiders to Las Vegas? (abstract) PRESENTER: Amir B. Ferreira Neto Discussant: Robert Carey |
| 10:00 | An Aggregate Approach to Estimating Quality of Life in Micropolitan Areas (abstract) PRESENTER: Amanda Weinstein Discussant: Amir B. Ferreira Neto |
| 10:30 | Schools, Property Tax Relief, and Residential Development: The Effects of SC Act 388 on Housing Value (abstract) Discussant: Lei Zhang |
13:00-15:15 Session 4A: Food Choices and Food Security
Chair:
Shishir Shakya (Shippensburg University, United States)
| 13:00 | Food Insufficiency by Income Class in the COVID Pandemic and the Mitigating Effect of Community Food Services in the U.S (abstract) PRESENTER: Zheng Tian Discussant: Catherine Isley |
| 13:30 | Resource Booms, State Economic Conditions, and Child Food Security (abstract) PRESENTER: Seung Jin Cho Discussant: Himani Sharma |
| 14:00 | Food Choices at a Client Choice Food Pantry: Evaluation of an intervention aimed at improving nutrition (abstract) PRESENTER: Himani Sharma Discussant: Zheng Tian |
13:00-15:15 Session 4B: Regional Economic Development III
Chair:
Hongbo Wang (Oklahoma State University, United States)
| 13:00 | Broadband and Rural Information Spillovers (abstract) PRESENTER: John Mann Discussant: Zachary Keeler |
| 13:30 | State Productivity and Growth (abstract) PRESENTER: John Connaughton Discussant: Amanda Ross |
| 14:00 | Industries, Occupations, and Entrepreneurship in Rural Regions (abstract) PRESENTER: Zachary Keeler Discussant: John Mann |
| 14:30 | The Impact of Commercial Air Service on Rural Communities: An Instrumental Variables Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Amanda Ross Discussant: John Connaughton |
13:00-15:15 Session 4C: Regional Modelling
Chair:
Sandy Dall'Erba (UIUC, United States)
| 13:00 | Districts, Interests, and Trade Policy: A structural framework (abstract) PRESENTER: Santiago Pinto Discussant: Dayton Lambert |
| 13:30 | stateior - Open source economic input-output models in a R software package for the 50 US states (abstract) PRESENTER: Mo Li Discussant: Geoffrey Hewings |
| 14:00 | Enhancing Our Understanding of a Regional Economy: The Complementarity of CGE and EIO Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Geoffrey Hewings Discussant: Santiago Pinto |
| 14:30 | A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the 2019 MKARNS Waterway Closure on Oklahoma’s Economy (abstract) PRESENTER: Dayton Lambert Discussant: Christa Court |
15:30-17:15 Session 5A: Review of Regional Studies: Discussion of Aims & Scope and Publishing Tips
Organizers: Lei Zhang, North Dakota State University and Tammy Leonard, University of Dallas
Chair:
Lei Zhang (North Dakota State University, United States)
| 15:30 | Review of Regional Studies: Discussion of Aims & Scope and Publishing Tips (abstract) |
15:30-17:15 Session 5B: Human Capital I
Chair:
Oudom Hean (North Dakota State University, United States)
| 15:30 | Natural Amenities and Skill Sorting in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Land Conservation Policy (abstract) PRESENTER: Yong Chen Discussant: Marian Manic |
| 16:00 | Higher Education, College Location, and Migration (abstract) PRESENTER: Rui Du Discussant: Yong Chen |
| 16:30 | STEM Talent Agglomeration in U.S. Superstar Cities (abstract) PRESENTER: Marian Manic Discussant: Rui Du |
17:30-19:00 SRSA General Reception Hosted by Dayton Lambert, John Sporing, and John Winters
Open to all conference participants.
Thursday, April 8th
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09:00-11:15 Session 6A: The Geographical Distribution of Inequality
Organizers: Kyle Hood, Mahsa Gholizadeh, and Dirk van Duym, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Chair:
Mahsa Gholizadeh (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
| 09:00 | The Geography of Opportunity Over Time (abstract) Discussant: Jaclyn Butler |
| 09:25 | Federal transfer programs as a means of reducing interregional inequality (abstract) Discussant: Jonathan Rothbaum |
| 09:50 | Monetary Policy and Regional Inequality (abstract) PRESENTER: Katerina Nikalexi Discussant: Mahsa Gholizadeh |
| 10:15 | Rural-urban differences in income inequality, 1980 to 2018 (abstract) PRESENTER: Jaclyn Butler Discussant: Dirk van Duym |
| 10:40 | Developing State Personal Income Distribution Statistics (abstract) Discussant: Robert Manduca |
09:00-11:15 Session 6B: State and Local Government
Chair:
Jia Wang (University of Dayton, United States)
| 09:00 | Single Sales Factor Apportionment as An Economic Development Incentive: Evidence from An Elective Program for Manufacturing Firms in Virginia (abstract) Discussant: Erin Troland |
| 09:30 | Can State Oversight Improve Property Assessments? Evidence from Education Finance Reform in Kentucky (abstract) PRESENTER: Erin Troland Discussant: Steven Yamarik |
| 10:00 | Does E-Government Reduce Corruption? Evidence from U.S. States (abstract) Discussant: Amir B. Ferreira Neto |
| 10:30 | The effect of public libraries on local crime (abstract) PRESENTER: Amir B. Ferreira Neto Discussant: Terry Rephann |
12:30-14:45 Session 7A: COVID-19 Impacts I
Chair:
Cynthia Rogers (University of Oklahoma, United States)
| 12:30 | The Interaction of Healthcare Supply and Demand in the United States: Regionality of COVID-19 Infections and Deaths (abstract) PRESENTER: Elizabeth Dobis Discussant: Stephen Ellis |
| 13:00 | Community Susceptibility and Resiliency to COVID-19 Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in the US (abstract) Discussant: Katie Welch |
| 13:30 | Apples to Apples: COVID-19 Spread in Schools vs Communities (abstract) Discussant: Elizabeth Dobis |
| 14:00 | Effects of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic on Oklahoma's Economy (abstract) PRESENTER: Katie Welch Discussant: David Peters |
12:30-14:45 Session 7B: Farming and Food Production
Chair:
Elham Erfanian (University of Kentucky, United States)
| 12:30 | When Beef's Not What's for Dinner: Beef Production Clusters and County-Level Economic Vulnerability (abstract) Discussant: Saman Herath Bandara |
| 13:00 | Understanding the Economic Sustainability of Strawberry Farming in North Carolina. (abstract) Discussant: Bonnie Bounds |
| 13:30 | Determinants of Brewery Locations in Pennsylvania: A Tract Level Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Claudia Schmidt Discussant: Sandy Dall'Erba |
| 14:00 | DID with endogenous spillovers: model and application to drought-shocks on the trade and production of wheat (abstract) PRESENTER: Sandy Dall'Erba Discussant: Zheng Tian |
12:30-14:45 Session 7C: Human Capital II
Chair:
Richard Cebula (George Mason University, United States)
| 12:30 | The Impact of State-Funded Merit Aid on the Retention of College Graduates (abstract) PRESENTER: Marian Manic Discussant: Amit Batabyal |
| 13:00 | Migration, Education, Technological Change and Urban Inequality (abstract) PRESENTER: Oudom Hean Discussant: Christopher Blake |
| 13:30 | Interregional Competition for Mobile Creative Capital With and Without Physical Capital Mobility (abstract) PRESENTER: Amit Batabyal Discussant: Marian Manic |
| 14:00 | Higher Education: The Impact of Recreational Marijuana on College Applications and Student Graduation (abstract) PRESENTER: Christopher Blake Discussant: Oudom Hean |
15:00-17:15 Session 8A: COVID-19 Impacts II
Chair:
David Peters (Iowa State University, United States)
| 15:00 | Pedestrian Crashes in a COVID-19 World: An analysis of pedestrian crash frequency in metropolitan Miami, FL pre- and post-pandemic (abstract) PRESENTER: Rebekka Apardian Discussant: Amit Batabyal |
| 15:30 | Health Interventions in a Poor Region and Resilience in the Presence of a Pandemic (abstract) PRESENTER: Amit Batabyal Discussant: Seung Jin Cho |
| 16:00 | Impact of Broadband Availability and Broadband Adoption on Rural Employment During COVID-19 (abstract) PRESENTER: Catherine Isley Discussant: Rebekka Apardian |
15:00-17:15 Session 8B: Farming and Sustainability
Chair:
James Matthew Fannin (Louisiana State University, United States)
| 15:00 | The Impact of Female-Operated Farms on U.S. Farm Viability Over Time (abstract) PRESENTER: Zheng Tian Discussant: Steven Deller |
| 15:30 | Structural Decomposition Analysis in a Global Framework: Using WIOD to Disentangle Changes in Agricultural and Food Production (abstract) PRESENTER: Mengming Li Discussant: Zheng Tian |
| 16:00 | Consumer Willingness to Support Farmer Adoption of Best Soil Management Practices for Water Quality Enhancement (abstract) PRESENTER: Lixia Lambert Discussant: Mengming Li |
| 16:30 | Effect of Farm-Size on Rural Community Well-Being (abstract) PRESENTER: Steven Deller Discussant: Lixia Lambert |
15:00-17:15 Session 8C: Natural Resource Management
Chair:
Bradley Ewing (Texas Tech University, United States)
| 15:00 | Identifying the atmospheric and economic key drivers of global air pollution change: an augmented-SDA approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Sandy Dall'Erba Discussant: Sultana Fouzia |
| 15:30 | Smart Swarm responses to weather events? (abstract) PRESENTER: Cynthia Rogers Discussant: Bijeta Bijen Saha |
| 16:00 | Impact of Red Tide Events on Recreational Fishing in the Western Florida (abstract) Discussant: Sandy Dall'Erba |
| 16:30 | The welfare effects of the climate-related disaster: Evidence from the US counties (abstract) Discussant: Cynthia Rogers |
17:30-19:00 Women in Regional Science Reception Hosted by Sarah Low (University of Missouri) and Heather Stephens (West Virginia University)
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Friday, April 9th
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09:00-11:15 Session 9A: Labor, Race, and Gender
Chair:
Rui Du (Oklahoma State University, United States)
| 09:00 | A Comparison of Business Mix in Tribal and Non-Tribal Counties Over Time (abstract) PRESENTER: Scott Loveridge Discussant: Heather Stephens |
| 09:30 | What Really Drives Differences in Labor Force Participation Rates? (abstract) PRESENTER: Heather Stephens Discussant: Vikash Dangal |
| 10:00 | Impact of Childhood Environment in Racial Disparity in Incarceration Rates of Children Growing Up in Poor Households (abstract) PRESENTER: Vikash Dangal Discussant: Carlianne Patrick |
| 10:30 | Born to Care (or Not Care): How Gender Role Attitudes Affect Occupation Choice (abstract) PRESENTER: Carlianne Patrick Discussant: Scott Loveridge |
09:00-11:15 Session 9B: Housing Consumption
Chair:
Juan Tomas Sayago Gomez (Universidad Icesi, Colombia)
| 09:00 | Did Unilateral Divorce raise house prices in Europe? (abstract) PRESENTER: Rafael González-Val Discussant: Tyler Morin |
| 09:30 | Trailer Park Woes: A Nested Logit Estimation of the Determinants for Manufactured Home Market Decisions (abstract) Discussant: Dr. Tammy Leonard |
| 10:00 | House Prices in Black Neighborhoods: Exploring Heterogeneity Across the House Price Distribution (abstract) PRESENTER: Tammy Leonard Discussant: Rafael González-Val |
09:00-11:15 Session 9C: Health Outcomes
Chair:
Elizabeth Dobis (USDA Economic Research Service, United States)
| 09:00 | The Impact of Economic Growth on Obesity Rates in Rural America (abstract) PRESENTER: Yancheng Li Discussant: Julie Marshall |
| 09:30 | Marijuana Laws and Pedestrian Fatalities in the United States (abstract) PRESENTER: Jim Dewey Discussant: Yancheng Li |
| 10:00 | Diabetes and Oral Health in South Carolina’s Medicaid Population (abstract) Discussant: Jim Dewey |