SGE&WCL2023: 2023 SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT ECONOMISTS’ ANNUAL CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORED WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY’S WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW
PROGRAM
Thursday, April 20th

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08:30-08:50 SGE Members’ Meeting

Speaker: Sabrina Pabilonia, SGE President

Location: Grossman Hall 1
09:00-09:15 Opening remarks

Speakers:

Walter Park, American University

Sabrina Pabilonia, SGE President

Location: Grossman Hall 1
09:15-10:15 Plenary Session: Patents and Copyrights

Speakers: 

Andrew Toole, Chief Economist, US Patent and Trademark Office

Brent Lutes, Chief Economist, US Copyright Office

Moderator: 

Walter Park, American University

10:30-12:00 Session 1A: Housing
Chair:
Linda Loubert (Morgan State University, United States)
Discussants:
Lin-Chi Hsu (Howard University, United States)
Jonah Coste (George Washington University, United States)
Gray Kimbrough (Federal Housing Finance Agency, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 1
10:30
Adams Bailey (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, United States)
Jeremy Moulton (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, United States)
Scott Wentland (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Let’s Make a Deal: Local Business Incentives and Home Prices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adams Bailey
Discussant: Jonah Coste
10:45
Marina Gindelsky (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Jeremy Moulton (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, United States)
Kelly Wentland (George Mason University, United States)
Scott Wentland (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
When Do Property Taxes Matter? Tax Salience and Heterogeneous Policy Effects (abstract)
PRESENTER: Scott Wentland
Discussant: Jonah Coste
11:00
Simon Voss (Free University Berlin, Germany)
Marc-André Luik (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany)
Max Steinhardt (Free University Berlin, IZA and LdA, Germany)
Language Proficiency and Homeownership: Evidence from U.S. Immigrants (abstract)
PRESENTER: Simon Voss
Discussant: Lin-Chi Hsu
11:15
Kusum Mundra (Rutgers University, Newark, United States)
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere (Agnes Scott College, United States)
In Need of a Roof: Pandemic and Housing Vulnerability (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kusum Mundra
Discussant: Gray Kimbrough
10:30-12:00 Session 1B: Labor
Chair:
Linden McBride (U.S. Census Bureau, United States)
Discussants:
Sabrina Pabilonia (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Cindy Cunningham (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Emily Thomas (Employment and Training Administration, United States)
Breno Braga (Urban Institute, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 2
10:30
John Earle (Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, United States)
Sungbin Park (GMU, United States)
Kyung Min Lee (World Bank, United States)
Did Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Prolong Unemployment But Reduce Covid Deaths? (abstract)
PRESENTER: John Earle
Discussant: Cindy Cunningham
10:45
Shatakshi Gupta (George Washington University, United States)
Doing more harm than good? Consequences of Paid Maternity Leave Extension Policy in India (abstract)
Discussant: Sabrina Pabilonia
11:00
Silvio Rendon (Independent Researcher, United States)
Wage-specific Search Intensity (abstract)
Discussant: Breno Braga
11:15
Maggie R. Jones (US Census Bureau, United States)
Caroline Walker (US Census Bureau, United States)
Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej (US Census Bureau, United States)
John Voorheis (US Census Bureau, United States)
Gardner Carrick (National Association of Manufacturers, United States)
Vanessa Brown (National Student Clearinghouse, United States)
The Impact of Manufacturing Credentials on Earnings and the Probability of Employment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Caroline Walker
Discussant: Emily Thomas
10:30-12:00 Session 1C: Regulation and Corruption
Chair:
Mel Sacks (Independent, United States)
Discussant:
Ben Gunter (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Location: N102
10:30
Michel Grosz (Federal Trade Commission, United States)
Devesh Raval (Federal Trade Commission, United States)
Hassle costs and the marginal complainer: evidence from a website redesign (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michel Grosz
Discussant: Jake Schild
10:45
Arturo Romero Yanez (Georgetown University, United States)
Neel U. Sukhatme (Georgetown University, United States)
Do Campaign Contributions Corrupt the Right to Counsel? Evidence from Judicial Elections (abstract)
Discussant: Ben Gunter
12:45-13:15 Session 2: Poster Session
Location: Grossman Hall 2
Leila Erickson (University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States)
Josie Rudolphi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Cristina Miller (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Deaths from Zoonotic Diseases: A closer look at the CDC Mortality data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cristina Miller
Charlene Kalenkoski (James Madison University, United States)
Sabrina Pabilonia (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Teen Social Interactions and Time Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic (abstract)
Benno Buehler (Charles River Associates, Belgium)
Dominik Fischer (Charles River Associates, Germany)
Bernhard Ganglmair (University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim, Germany)
The Effect of Easier Injunctions on the Licensing of Standard-Essential Patents when Courts are Noisy (abstract)
Masoomeh Khandan (World Bank, United States)
The Future of the Labor Market: Human Globalization (abstract)
Arpita Tuladhar (University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States)
Cristina Miller (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Healthcare Access in Adults with Asthma (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arpita Tuladhar
Jill Janocha (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Ruth Meharenna (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Sabrina Pabilonia (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Total Factor Productivity and Remote Work (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jill Janocha
13:30-15:00 Session 3A: Economic Measurement
Chair:
Susan Fleck (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Discussants:
Marina Gindelsky (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Scott Wentland (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Michael Brill (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 2
13:30
Mahsa Agha Gholizadeh (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Christian Awuku-Budu (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Kyle Hood (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Steven Zemanek (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Jack York (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Developing Quarterly Personal Consumption Expenditures by State Statistics (abstract)
Discussant: Michael Brill
13:45
Cindy Cunningham (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Steve Miller (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Michael Sverchkov (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
An Improved Estimate of Self-employment Hours for Quarterly Labor Productivity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cindy Cunningham
Discussant: Marina Gindelsky
14:00
Robert Ebel (Georgia State University, United States)
Izabella Barati (Ernst and Young, United States)
Measuring Government Growth (abstract)
PRESENTER: Izabella Barati
Discussant: Scott Wentland
14:15
Robert Richardson (U.S. Department of the Interior, United States)
Fabiano Franco (U.S. Department of the Interior, United States)
Elizabeth Kula (University of Minnesota, United States)
Natural Capital Accounting for Decision Making at the Department of the Interior (abstract)
Discussant: Scott Wentland
13:30-15:00 Session 3B: Improving Economic Measurement and Modeling to Promote Equity and Justice
Chair:
Linden McBride (U.S. Census Bureau, United States)
Discussants:
Trudi Renwick (Independent Researcher, United States)
Silvio Rendon (Independent Researcher, United States)
Amy Cross (American University, United States)
Arturo Romero Yanez (Georgetown University, United States)
Location: N102
13:30
Brian Sloboda (University of Maryland, Global Campus, United States)
The Gender Differences in Pay in Monopsonistic Labor Markets: A Comparative Analysis (abstract)
Discussant: Amy Cross
13:45
Aayushi Gupta (University of Maryland, United States)
Can Corruption be Held Responsible for Deforestation? (abstract)
14:00
Mark Regets (National Foundation for American Policy, United States)
Harriet Orcutt Duleep (College of William and Mary, United States)
Family-Friendly and Human-Capital-Based Immigration Policy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mark Regets
Discussant: Silvio Rendon
14:15
Steven Payson (University of Maryland, United States)
How Many People Truly Live Below the International, Extreme Poverty Line of $2.15 Per Day? (abstract)
Discussant: Trudi Renwick
13:30-15:00 Session 3C: Banking
Chair:
Evan Kraft (American University, United States)
Discussants:
Paul Soto (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Evan Kraft (American University, United States)
Cristina Miller (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Rachel Soloveichik (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 1
13:30
Rachel Soloveichik (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)
Capitalizing Data: A Case Study of Individual Credit Files (abstract)
Discussant: Paul Soto
13:45
Breno Braga (Urban Institute, United States)
Ashlin Oglesby-Neal (Urban Institute, United States)
The Effects of Price Caps on Open-End Loans: Evidence from the 2015 Expansion of the Military Lending Act (abstract)
PRESENTER: Breno Braga
Discussant: Rachel Soloveichik
14:00
Sarah Atkinson (USDA FPAC BC, United States)
Increasing NRCS conservation cost-share program participation to meet growing farmer demand (abstract)
Discussant: Cristina Miller
14:15
Marco Pani (IMF, United States)
Substitutes or complements? Why CBDCs should not replace cash. (abstract)
Discussant: Evan Kraft
15:15-16:15 Session 4A: Patents
Chair:
Walter Park (American University, United States)
Discussants:
Charles Duan (American University, United States)
Michael Palmedo (American University Washington College of Law, United States)
Julian Kolev (US Patent and Trademark Office, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 1
15:15
Charles Degrazia (Ecole de Management Leonard De Vinci, France)
Nicholas Pairolero (United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States)
Peter-Anthony Pappas (United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States)
Mike Teodorescu (University of Washington, Information School, United States)
Andrew Toole (United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States)
Challenges facing Independent inventors: Do patents help? (abstract)
Discussant: Michael Palmedo
15:30
Michael Andrews (University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States)
Marilyn Pease (Indiana University, United States)
Rajkamal Vasu (University of Houston, United States)
Legal Protection and Patent Disclosure (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michael Andrews
Discussant: Charles Duan
15:45
David Angenendt (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Bernhard Ganglmair (University of Mannheim and ZEW Mannheim, Germany)
Jong-Min Oh (SungKyunKwan University, SKK Business School, South Korea)
Strategic Information Disclosure: The Case of Pending Patents (abstract)
Discussant: Julian Kolev
15:15-16:15 Session 4B: Poverty
Chair:
Steven Payson (University of Maryland, Global Campus, United States)
Discussants:
Stephanie Hingtgen (Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, United States)
Linda Loubert (Morgan State University, United States)
Kusum Mundra (Rutgers University, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 2
15:15
Thesia Garner (Bureau of Labor Economics, United States)
Jake Schild (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Brett Matsumoto (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Scott Curtin (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Adam Sefir (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Introducing a Consumption Measure with Examples of Use for Poverty and Inequality Analysis: A New Measure from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jake Schild
Discussant: Linda Loubert
15:30
Jeffery Galloway (Howard university, United States)
Alex Henke (Howard University, United States)
Rebecca Hsu (Howard university, United States)
Do Eviction Moratoria Decrease Intimate Partner Violence? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rebecca Hsu
Discussant: Kusum Mundra
15:45
Kalee Burns (U.S. Census Bureau, United States)
Liana Fox (U.S. Census Bureau, United States)
The Impact of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Child Poverty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kalee Burns
Discussant: Stephanie Hingtgen
15:15-16:15 Session 4C: Modelling
Chair:
Mahsa Gholizadeh (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Discussants:
Michael Dalton (Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Brian Sloboda (University of Maryland, Global Campus, United States, United States)
Location: N102
15:15
Saad Ahmad (United States International Trade Commission, United States)
Tyler Daun (United States International Trade Commission, United States)
PyPE: A New Platform for Analyzing Trade Policy with Partial Equilibrium Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saad Ahmad
Discussant: Brian Sloboda
15:30
Marc Luppino (Federal Trade Commission, United States)
Partial Identification of the Nested Logit Model and Bounded Diversion Ratios (abstract)
Discussant: Brian Sloboda
15:45
Tomaz Cajner (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Leland Crane (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Christopher Kurz (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Norman Morin (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Paul Soto (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Betsy Vrankovich (Federal Reserve Board, United States)
Manufacturing Sentiment: Forecasting Industrial Production with Text Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paul Soto
Discussant: Michael Dalton
16:30-17:30 Session 5A: Innovation
Chair:
Walter Park (American University, United States)
Discussants:
Gabriel Mathy (American University, United States)
Michael Andrews (University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States)
John Earle (George Mason University, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 1
16:30
Peter Meyer (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
The great aviation patent spike of 1910 (abstract)
Discussant: Gabriel Mathy
16:45
Julian Kolev (USPTO, United States)
Alexis Haughey (MIT Sloan School of Management, United States)
Fiona Murray (MIT Sloan School of Management, United States)
Scott Stern (MIT Sloan School of Management, United States)
Of Academics and Creative Destruction: Startup Advantage in the Process of Innovation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Julian Kolev
Discussant: Michael Andrews
17:00
Stephanie Cheng (Edgeworth Economics, United States)
Bitsy Perlman (US Census Bureau, United States)
Joseph Staudt (US Census Bureau, United States)
Wei Yang Tham (Harvard University, United States)
The Effect of Funding Delays on the Research Workforce: Evidence From Tax Records (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bitsy Perlman
Discussant: John Earle
16:30-17:30 Session 5B: Health & Labor
Chair:
Sabrina Pabilonia (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Discussants:
Cristina Miller (Society of Government Economists, United States)
Kalee Burns (U.S. Census Bureau, United States)
Brett Matsumoto (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States)
Location: Grossman Hall 2
16:30
John Creamer (US Census Bureau, United States)
Health Inclusive Poverty Measure Estimates in the United States (abstract)
Discussant: Brett Matsumoto
16:45
Thomas Koch (FTC, United States)
Sam Kleiner (FTC, United States)
Chris Lau (Cornerstone Research, United States)
You'd Be Hard to Replace: Provider Competition in Narrow Network Insurance Markets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Thomas Koch
Discussant: Cristina Miller
17:00
Amy Cross (American University, United States)
Signalling Women’s Entry into Male-Dominated Occupations: Evidence from the Gender Desegregation of the U.S. Army (abstract)
Discussant: Kalee Burns