National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago
1155 East 60th Street, Chicago
Organizers:
Scott Duke Kominers and Steven Durlauf
The Measuring and Interpreting Inequality Working Group (MIE) held its first meeting on February 18, 2012 to provide an informal forum for collaboration and exchange of ideas among MIE members and affiliates.
The meeting focused on issues of matching and market design. It included an address by Lones Smith on "Matching with Evolving Human Capital" and a special session on issues of school choice and affirmative action. The meeting was open to members of the MIE group and interested researchers in the University of Chicago community.
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| NORC Room 232 | |
| 8:30–9 a.m. | Full Breakfast |
| 9–9:40 a.m. | "Consumption and Income Inequality in the U.S. Since the 1960s" Bruce D. Meyer (joint work with James X. Sullivan) |
| 9:40–10:20 a.m. | "Dismantling the Legacy of Caste: Affirmative Action in Indian Higher Education" Dennis Epple (joint work with Surendrakumar Bagde and Lowell J. Taylor) |
| 10:20–10:35 a.m. | Break |
| 10:35–11:15 a.m. | "Promoting School Competition Through School Choice: A Market Design Approach"
John William Hatfield (joint work with Fuhito Kojima and Yusuke Narita) |
| 11:15–1:55 a.m. | "School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England: Comparing Mechanisms by Their Vulnerability to Manipulation" Tayfun Sonmez (joint work with Parag Pathak) |
| 11:55–12:10 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:10–1 p.m. | Discussion of MIE Goals and Future Events |
| 1–2 p.m. | Invited Address: "Matching with Evolving Human Capital" Lones Smith (joint work with Axel Anderson) |
| 2:00–2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15–2:55 p.m. | "Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice" M. Bumin Yenmez (joint work with Isa E. Hafalir and Muhammed A. Yildirim) |
| 2:55–3:35 p.m. | "Matching with Slot-Specific Priorities: Theory and Applications" Scott Duke Kominers (joint work with Tayfun Sonmez) |
| 3:35–3:50 p.m. | Break |
| 3:50–4:30 p.m. | "Do Parents Choose under the Boston Mechanism?" Caterina Calsamiglia (joint work with Maia Guell) |
| 4:30–-5:10 p.m. | "Homophily and Transitivity in Dynamic Network Formation" Bryan Graham |
| 5:15 p.m. | Depart from meeting to Hotel Intercontinental. University transportation will be provided |
| Joe's Restaurant, 60 East Grand Avenue, , Chicago | |
| 6:30–7 p.m. | Reception |
| 7:15–9:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Participants who need reimbursement for travel costs should complete this this form and send it to E. Raluca Rustandi when complete.