Upjohn Institute researchers are participating in the 2025 Allied Social Science Associations annual meeting as paper authors, session chairs and discussants in 13 different sessions. The conference runs Jan. 3-5 in San Francisco.
Held jointly by the American Economic Association and the 66 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.
Full details and links to sessions are in the table at bottom.*
Friday, Jan. 3
8 a.m.
- Alfonso Flores-Lagunes is coauthor on the presented paper "Differences in Exposure to Food Insecurity between Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Households and the Role of SNAP."
2:30 p.m.
- Aaron Sojourner is coauthor on the presented paper "Do Minimum Wage Increases Change the Non-Wage Value of Work? Evidence from Glassdoor" and a discussant in its session, Non-Employment Effects of the Minimum Wage.
- Brian Asquith presents "Evicted from the Land of Opportunity: Evidence on Displacement from California Rent Control."
- See special coverage: "What happens to tenants when landlords quit the rent-controlled market?"
- Gabrielle Pepin presents "Strengthening Work Requirements? Forecasting Impacts of Reforming Cash Assistance Rules."
- See special coverage: "Welfare changes could set states out of federal compliance"
Saturday, Jan. 4
8 a.m.
- Aaron Sojourner is coauthor on the presented paper "Effect of Child Care Regulations on Child Care Markets: Evidence from Policy Discontinuity at the Border."
- Brian Asquith is a discussant in the Urban Development and Economics session.
- Brad Hershbein is coauthor on the presented paper "Do Tighter Labor Markets Improve Non-pay Job Quality? Survey Evidence from Job Changers."
10:15 a.m.
- Alfonso Flores-Lagunes presents "Monopsony in Academia and the Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from California."
- See special coverage: "Universities use monopsony power to push down wages"
- Yuci Chen presents "U.S. Immigration and Labor Market Effects of the Mexican Drug War."
- See special coverage: "Migrants escaping Mexican drug war stimulate U.S. economies"
2:30 p.m.
- Aaron Sojourner chairs the session Unions and Racial/Ethnic Inequality.
Sunday, Jan. 5
8 a.m.
- Brad Hershbein is a discussant in the session Student Loans: Implications for the Labor Market and Inequality.
10:15 a.m.
- Gabrielle Pepin presents "What is the Value of the Child and Dependent Care Credit?"
1 p.m.
- Brad Hershbein is a discussant in the session Compliance and Enforcement of Labor and Employment Law.
*Please note: Many program locations have changed, and more changes may follow, in response to the ongoing hotel workers' strike. The links in the "Paper or Session" column of the table below present the location information as of Dec. 18. Aaron Sojourner maintains a site with the latest updates on location changes and other responses to the strike.
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