Conference Program
A list of registered participants in this year's conference is now available online. If you would like to be added, please be sure to register.
Friday, September 23
Reception, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Frick Fine Arts, Nicholas Lochoff Cloister.
Guests are cordially invited to an opening night reception in the historic Frick Fine Arts Building, located in the heart of Oakland three blocks from the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center. Here's how to get there on foot.
Saturday, September 24
Breakfast, 8:30 - 9:00 am
Global Hub, Wesley W. Posvar Hall First Floor
Conference presentations on Saturday and Sunday, as well as breakfasts and lunches, will be held on the first floor of Wesley W. Posvar Hall. Posvar Hall is a prominent building on Lower Campus, located across the street from the Frick Fine Arts Building and three blocks from the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center.
Presentation schedule
Each talk in each session is scheduled for 20 minutes: a 15 minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion. All talks are held in 1500 Posvar Hall.
Conference Welcome
9:00 - 9:10 am
Lise Vesterlund, BEDI Director, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Ann E. Cudd, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Gender
9:10 - 10:40 am
Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh - Introduction
Zoe Cullen, Harvard University - The Old Boys’ Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap
Melanie Wasserman, University of California, Los Angeles - Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice
Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University - Who Ya Gonna Call: Gender Inequality in Demand for Parental Involvement
Muriel Niederle, Stanford University - Trickle-Down Effects of Affirmative Action: A Case Study in France
Refreshment break | 10:40 - 11:10 am | Global Hub, Posvar Hall
Health
11:10 am - 12:40 pm
Stephanie Wang, University of Pittsburgh - Introduction
Mariana Carrera, Montana State University - Social norms and the willingness to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status
Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh - Sleep: Habit Formation and Educational Impact
Anya Samek, University of California, San Diego - Changing the Costs of Procrastination - A Field Experiment on Health Insurance Enrollment
Gary Charness, University of California, Santa Barbara- Improving children’s food choices: Experimental evidence from the field
Lunch | 12:40 - 1:50 pm | Global Hub, Posvar Hall
Labor
1:50 - 3:20 pm
David Huffman, University of Pittsburgh - Introduction
Heather Schofield, University of Pennsylvania - Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital
George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University - Underprediction of learning
Lucas Coffman, Boston College - The Economics of Mind-Wandering
Uri Gneezy, University of California, San Diego - Tipping
Refreshment break | 3:20 - 3:50 pm | Global Hub, Posvar Hall
Market Design
3:50 - 5:00 pm
Alistair Wilson, University of Pittsburgh - Introduction
Alex-Rees Jones, University of Pennsylvania - Correlation Neglect in Student-to-School Matching
Yan Chen, University of Michigan - Virtual Teams in a Gig Economy
Alistair Wilson, University of Pittsburgh - Transparent Randomization Design in Markets
Dinner
5:10 pm | Churchview Farm
Conference guests will be escorted to Churchview Farm, a serene family farmette from chef Csilla Thackray specializing in seasonal dining experiences. Shuttles will take guests from Posvar Hall to the farm for the evening and return them to the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and bring a sweater! (Dinner will be outdoors and the forecast calls for evening temperatures in the low 60s.)
Presentation schedule
Each talk in each session is scheduled for 20 minutes: a 15 minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion. All talks are held in 1500 Posvar Hall.
Charitable Giving
9:00 - 10:30 am
Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh - Introduction
Maja Adena, WZB Berlin - Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook
James Andreoni, University of California, San Diego - Holier than Thou: Peer effect in giving to build a new church
Thomas Graeber, Harvard University - Intertemporal Altruism
Marco Castillo, Texas A&M University - RCT on attention and energy conservation
Refreshment break | 10:30 - 10:50 am | Global Hub, Posvar Hall
Grand finale: Labor / Gender / Health
10:50 am - 12:30 pm
Ragan Petrie, Texas A&M University - Does Workplace Competition Increase Labor Supply? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po - Gender Promotion Gaps: Career Aspirations and Workplace Discrimination
Sally Sadoff, University of California, San Diego - Earnings, Parenthood and Gender Differences in Choice of Educational Field
Michele Belot, Cornell University - Stimulating Occupational Mobility among Unemployed Job Seekers
Peter Schwardmann, Carnegie Mellon University - Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking
Lunch | 12:30 pm | Global Hub, Posvar Hall
To-go lunches will be available for conference guests.
We look forward to hosting you in Pittsburgh for the inaugural BEDI conference, and want your stay to be pleasant and productive. Please contact BEDI Program Manager Brian Deutsch if you have any questions, requests, or concerns.