Upjohn Institute participates in 2024 ASSA conference in San Antonio

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.

• Susan Houseman presents "The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys," coauthored by Brad Hershbein, Beth Truesdale and Katharine Abraham. 
  • See special coverage: "Percentage of independent contractors doubles previous estimates."
• Aaron Sojourner is coauthor on the presented paper "Are Retirement Planning Tools Substitutes or Complements to Financial Capability?"
• Brian Asquith is a discussant in the Urban Inequality session.
• Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, incoming Upjohn Institute vice president and director of research, chairs the session Minorities and Diversity: Ideas, Measurement, Health, and Housing.

10:15 a.m.

• Gabrielle Pepin presents "The Effects of Child Care Subsidies on Paid Child Care Participation and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Child and Dependent Care Credit."
  • See special coverage: "Tax credit helps parents, older adults as well as children"
• Aaron Sojourner is a discussant in the session Vulnerable Workers, Training and Employment Outcomes.

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.

• Gabrielle Pepin presents "Not Just for Kids: Child and Dependent Care Credit Benefits for Elder Care."
  • See special coverage: "Tax credit helps parents, older adults as well as children"
• Aaron Sojourner is coauthor on the presented paper "Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence." Download policy brief

10:15 a.m.

• Aaron Sojourner is coauthor on the presented paper "An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education."
• Gabrielle Pepin is a discussant in the session New Insights on Family Policy and Female Labor Supply

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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