Ben WaberIt was another hot one in Boston, but I was still able to briefly get out and listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)
First was Tuesday's session of NBER's Development of the American Economy conference. I highly recommend the whole day, and I particularly liked the talks by @pqblair (the negative effect of FMLA on the gender wage gap), Ilyana Kuziemko (the impact of cold war spending on labor markets), and Junichi Yamasaki (how the release of daimyo estates at the start of the Meiji era shaped skyscraper development and productivity) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLw2he2Zjk (2/8) #economics #history
Development of the American Economy - NBER Summer Institute
Maayan NieznaNext was an important panel on the degree to which forced labor import bans raise supply chain labor standards at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford with Jennifer Gordon, Sofía González De Aguinaga, and @Niezna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HRH9lTTAgI (3/8) #law
Bonavero Discussion Group: Can forced labour import bans raise labour standards in supply chains?
Next was a great conversation with Lisa Ho on experiments to test whether flexible work arrangements can boost female labor force participation in India on the @voxdev podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vX1RTHMoGw (4/8) #economics #India
Can flexible work opportunities for women bypass gender norms?
Next was a compelling panel on tort litigation against transnational companies for human rights and environmental abuses at the Oxford Faculty of Law with Ekaterina Aristova, Kate O'Regan, and Adrian Briggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxKBqkVjXE (5/8) #law
Book launch – ‘Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations’ by Dr Ekaterina Aristova
Next was Wednesday's session of the NBER Development of the American Economy conference, with notable talks by Ellora Derenoncourt (the historical incarceration earnings penalty in the US) and Carlo Medici (organized labor and immigration) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6xgEOK2iI (6/8) #economics #history
Development of the American Economy - NBER Summer Institute
Next was an excellent talk by @melaniemitchell on the challenge of getting AI to understand the world at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Mitchell takes a systematic approach to examining how different AI methods and more recent large models statistically capture aspects of their data, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses - and importantly how to rigorously evaluate "understanding." Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJXedG5unw (7/8) #AI
LLM Understanding: 16. Melanie MITCHELL "AI’s Challenge of Understanding the World"
Last was the final day of the NBER International Trade and Investment conference. I was very interested in the talks by Hugo Lhuillier (how cities affect learning, inequality, and productivity), Ben Faber* (gains from trade from rural-urban migration), and David Argente (cross-border product adoption) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l98VTra3Uus #economics
*great name 😁
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