Conference: Frontiers in Economic Analysis with Genetic Data

Nicholas Papageorge

Credentials: Broadus Mitchell Associate Professor, Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Victor Ronda

Credentials: Associate Director for Research, Center for the Economics of Human Development, University of Chicago

Lauren Schmitz

Credentials: CDHA Associate Director; Associate Professor, Public Affairs

Kevin Thom

Credentials: Associate Professor, Economics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Robel Alemu

Credentials: PhD Candidate, Tufts University

Position title: Presenting: "Gene-Environment Interaction Effects of Cigarette Taxes on Smoking Behavior and Health Conditions of Older Adults in the United States"

Norma Coe

Credentials: Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Position title: Discussant

Titus Galama

Credentials: Associate Professor (Research), Economics, University of Southern California

Leandro Carvalho

Credentials: Assistant Professor (Research), Economics, University of Southern California

Position title: Presenting: "Genetics, Education, and Income"

George-Levi Gayle

Credentials: Professor, Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

Position title: Discussant

Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo

Credentials: PhD Student, Johns Hopkins University

Position title: Presenting: "Genetic Endowments, Income Dynamics, and Wealth Accumulation Over the Lifecycle"

Orazio Attanasio

Credentials: Cowles Professor of Economics, Yale University

Position title: Discussant

Jonathan Beauchamp

Credentials: Assistant Professor, Economics, George Mason University

Position title: Presenting: "Nature and Nurture: Evidence from Molecular Genetics Data in Korean American Adoptees"

Victor Ronda

Credentials: Associate Director for Research, Center for the Economics of Human Development, University of Chicago

Position title: Presenting: “The Nurture of Nature and the Nature of Nurture: How Genes and Investments Interact in the Formation of Skills”

Silvia H. Barcellos

Credentials: Assistant Professor (Research), Economics, University of Southern California

Position title: Presenting: "The Effect of Education on the Relationship between Genetics, Early-Life Disadvantages, and Later-Life SES"

Richard Sias

Credentials: Professor, Finance, University of Arizona

Position title: Presenting: "Molecular Genetics, Risk Aversion, Return Perceptions, and Stock Market Participation"

Matthew Wiswall

Credentials: Professor, Economics, UW–Madison

Position title: Discussant

Basit Zafar

Credentials: Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

Position title: Discussant

Joseph Ferrie

Credentials: Professor, Economics, Northwestern University

Position title: Discussant

Bhash Mazumder

Credentials: Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Position title: Presenting: "Understanding Sibling Correlations in Education: Molecular Genetics and Family Background"

Aldo Rustichini

Credentials: Professor, Economics, University of Minnesota

Position title: Presenting: "A Polygenic Score for Educational Attainment Partially Predicts Voter Turnout"

Daniel Benjamin

Credentials: Professor, Behavioral Economics and Genoeconomics, UCLA

Position title: Presenting: "Frontiers: Within Family GWAS"

David Cesarini

Credentials: Associate Professor, Economics, New York University

Position title: Presenting: "Frontiers: Within Family GWAS"

Lauren Schmitz

Credentials: Assistant Professor, Public Affairs, UW–Madison

Position title: Presenting: “Promises and Pitfalls of Integrating Epigenetic Data into Economic Research”

Patrick Turley

Credentials: Assistant Professor (Research), Economics, University of Southern California

Position title: Presenting: “Challenges and directions in genomics research using diverse-ancestry samples”