2024 Annual Conference
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The annual CAPE research conference is a forum for APE-oriented scholars to present work in progress and receive feedback from the broader APE community. The conference includes book panels, theme panels, and breakout sessions focused on specific papers in progress.
The 2024 conference is scheduled for July 29 – 31 on zoom. More information below.
REGISTER NOWThe 2024 conference is scheduled for July 29 – 31 on zoom. More information below.
Fourth ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
VIRTUAL: July 29 - 31, 2024, Noon to 3/3:30 PM ET
Day 1: Monday, July 29
12:00-12:05
Welcome & Introductions
12:05-1:30
Power Struggles at Work: The Rebirth of Strikes
Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia)
Mimi Lyon (University at Albany SUNY)
Alan Yan (UC Berkeley)
Chair: Jake Rosenfeld (Washington University in St. Louis)
Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia)
Mimi Lyon (University at Albany SUNY)
Alan Yan (UC Berkeley)
Chair: Jake Rosenfeld (Washington University in St. Louis)
(There will be five-minute breaks between longer panels.)
1:35-3:00
Behavioral Dimensions of American Political Economy
“Firm-level Ethnoracial Diversity and Support for Unionization,” Kiara Hernandez (Harvard)
“Administrative Checkpoints, Burdens and Human-Centered Design: Increasing Interview Access to Raise SNAP Participation,” Jae Yeon Kim (Johns Hopkins University) with Pamela Herd, Sebastian Jilke, Donald Moynihan & Kerry Rodden
“Preference Gaps and Political Inequality. a Multi-Method Approach,” Paul Marx (University of Bonn)
“News Media, Politicians, and the Culture War,” Shakked Noy (MIT) and Aakaash Rao (Harvard)
“Firm-level Ethnoracial Diversity and Support for Unionization,” Kiara Hernandez (Harvard)
“Administrative Checkpoints, Burdens and Human-Centered Design: Increasing Interview Access to Raise SNAP Participation,” Jae Yeon Kim (Johns Hopkins University) with Pamela Herd, Sebastian Jilke, Donald Moynihan & Kerry Rodden
“Preference Gaps and Political Inequality. a Multi-Method Approach,” Paul Marx (University of Bonn)
“News Media, Politicians, and the Culture War,” Shakked Noy (MIT) and Aakaash Rao (Harvard)
Day 2: Tuesday, July 30
12:00-1:00
Book Discussion – Unhealthy Democracy: How Partisan Politics is Killing Rural America, by Michael Shepherd (UT Austin)
Commenter: Kathy Cramer, University of Wisconsin
Commenter: Kathy Cramer, University of Wisconsin
1:00-2:00
The Spatial Political Economy of Public Policy
“Criminal Punishment, State Capacity and the Condition of U.S. Federalism,” Elizabeth G. Pfeffer (Dartmouth)
“Governing the Company Town,” Brian Highsmith (Harvard)
“Social Programs and the Political Consequences of Extractive Industry Decline: Evidence from Central Appalachia,” Liz Thom (Harvard)
“Criminal Punishment, State Capacity and the Condition of U.S. Federalism,” Elizabeth G. Pfeffer (Dartmouth)
“Governing the Company Town,” Brian Highsmith (Harvard)
“Social Programs and the Political Consequences of Extractive Industry Decline: Evidence from Central Appalachia,” Liz Thom (Harvard)
2:05-3:30
Democrats as a Center-Left Party in the Knowledge Economy
Jane Gingrich (Oxford)
Jacob Hacker (Yale) & Paul Pierson (UC Berkeley)
Suresh Naidu (Columbia) & Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton)
Stephanie Ternullo (Harvard)
Jane Gingrich (Oxford)
Jacob Hacker (Yale) & Paul Pierson (UC Berkeley)
Suresh Naidu (Columbia) & Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton)
Stephanie Ternullo (Harvard)
Day 3: Wednesday, July 31
12:00-1:25
The Shifting Politics of the Care Economy
Michelle J. Budig (UMass Amherst)
Rachel M. Cohen (Vox)
Joy Kim (Rutgers)
Pauline Kohlhase (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)
Ann Orloff (Northwestern)
Chair: Chloe Thurston (Northwestern)
Michelle J. Budig (UMass Amherst)
Rachel M. Cohen (Vox)
Joy Kim (Rutgers)
Pauline Kohlhase (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)
Ann Orloff (Northwestern)
Chair: Chloe Thurston (Northwestern)
1:30-2:55
Labor and Workers in the American Political Economy
Trevor Brown (Cornell)
Theda Skocpol (Harvard)
Warren Snead (Swarthmore)
Chair: Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia)
Trevor Brown (Cornell)
Theda Skocpol (Harvard)
Warren Snead (Swarthmore)
Chair: Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia)
2:55-3:00
Conclusion & Best Wishes
