Advances with Field Experiments Conference SEPTEMBER 17-18, 2026 • UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Keynote Speakers
Josh Angrist Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Katherine Milkman University of Pennsylvania
Conference Organizers
Magne Mogstad University of Chicago
John List University of Chicago
Event Contacts Jessie Snyder Event Manager
Grace Higgins Event Coordinator
jsnyder01@uchicago.edu 708.203.9009
ghiggins@uchicago.edu 720.425.1687
Robert Metcalfe Columbia University
Participants Nour Abdelbaki, University of Chicago
Isabelle Cohen, University of Washington
Kristoffer Ibsen, Aarhus University
Gerardo Aguilar, University of Deusto
Zara Contractor, Middlebury College Ivette
Wajeeha Ahmad, Stanford University
Contreras, The World Bank Group
Eugene Yu Ji, University of Waterloo and Mila-Quebec AI Institute
Seoyoon Ahn, University of Notre Dame
Decio Coviello, High Commercial Studies of Montreal
Adil Ahsan, Harvard University Nicolas Ajzenman, McGill University Piyush Akimitsu, The State University of New York
Mridul Joshi, Stanford University Raeed Kabir, University of Alabama
Katelyn Cranney, Stanford University Michael
Alexandros Kafkas, University of Chicago
Cuna, Walmart; University of Chicago
Tim Kaiser, RPTU & Kiel Institute
Benjamin Daniels, Harvard University
Shreya Kankanhalli, Cornell University
Franco Albino, University of Chicago
Cesar Del Pozo Loayza, Wageningen University
Vrinda Kapoor, Cornell University
Leslie Alex, Michigan State University
Yue Deng, University of San Diego
Can Karaarslan, Akkon University
Maria Laura Alzua, CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata and PEP
Joshua Deutschmann, University of Chicago
Anne Karing, University of Chicago
Amalia Di Girolamo, University of Birmingham
Uditi Karna, Columbia University
Christine Aman, University of California, San Diego
Fulya Ersoy, University of Chicago
Erik Katovich, University of Connecticut
Seda Ertac, Koc University
Danielle Kent, University of Sydney
Paolo Falco, University of Copenhagen Alipio
Clémence Kieny, Lausanne University
Zubaria Andlib, Lancaster University Manuela Angelucci, University of Texas, Austin
Ferreira, Southern Methodist University
Paul Kirch, University of Chicago
Juan Ferro, Universidad de los Andes
Raymond Kluender, Harvard University
Lydia Ashton, Kolibri Research
Timothy First, University of California, San Diego
Anton Knoche, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Peter Aungle, Harvard University
Anne Fitzpatrick, The Ohio State University
Juliane Koch, Lund University
Deniz Aydin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karla Lissette Flores Cevallos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Mauricio Koechlin, University of Chicago
Levenson Badio, Texas A&M University
Carlos Ernesto Flores Tapia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Josh Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ian Bailey, Walmart Marcos Balmaceda, KU Leuven Silvia Barbareschi, University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey Flory, Claremont McKenna College Irene Furlani, University of Passau Sebastian Gallegos, Adolfo Ibáñez University
Rem Koning, Harvard University Anil Kshatriya, ESSEC Business School Sheisha Kulkarni, The University of Virginia Nikhil Kumar, Harvard University Tara Mary Kuruvila, Columbia University Rahul Ladhania, University of Michigan
Christian Martin Bauer, Technical University of Denmark
Ramiro H. Gálvez, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Anwesha Bhattacharya, Harvard University
Virginia Gianinazzi, Nova School of Business and Economics
Juliana Lalinde Velasquez, University of Chicago
Timo Goeschl, Heidelberg University
Leon Landes, Ruhr-University Bochum
Sandra Goff, Bates College
Thomas Leavitt, City University of New York (CUNY)
Isabella Blengini, EHL Lausanne Apurva Borar, Cornell University Nicolas Bottan, Cornell University Alec Brandon, Johns Hopkins University Rajdev Kaur Brar, University of California, Berkeley Paul Brimble, University of Michigan Brian Cadena, University of Colorado, Boulder Edmira Cakrani, Western Balkans University Sydney Callaway, University of Chicago= Marco Castillo, Texas A&M University Qingyuan Chai, New York University, Shanghai Shujie Chang, Peking University Xiu Chen, Shenzhen University Alden Cheng, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Vera Chiodi, Sorbonne University Nat Chowanajin, University of Texas, Austin Angel Tsai-Hsuan Chung, University of Pennsylvania Christopher Clapp, University of Chicago Gwen-Jiro Clochard, University of Osaka
Ariel Goldszmidt, University of Chicago Paula Gonzalez, Northwestern University Carlos Gonzalez-Perez, University of Oxford Ida Grigoryeva, University of California, San Diego Arti Grover, The World Bank Group
Chien-Yu Lai, National Taiwan University
Jean Lee, The World Bank Group Hannah Li, Columbia University Shelley Li, University of Southern California Stanley Lim, Michigan State University Zhi Hao Lim, Columbia University
Benedict Guttman-Kenney, Rice University
John List, University of Chicago
Naphtal Habiyaremye, University of Saskatchewan
Noah Liu, University of Chicago
Nathan Haddon, University of Chicago Nils Handler, University of Zurich Maryiam Haroon, University of Chicago Simon Hochstrasser, Technical University, Munich Qinyou Hu, University of Texas, San Antonio Zhicong Hu, INSEAD Josie Huber, University of Saskatchewan Jiwon Hwang, University of Chicago
Yuchen Liu, University of Florida Jeff Livingston, Bentley University Ana Lleo-Bono, University of Chicago Yue Ma, Stanford University Merav Malcman, Ruppin Academic Center Mohammad Malek, Miyazaki International University Yannick Markhof, ETH Zurich Maria Adelaida Martinez Cabrera, Bentley University Deborah Martinez Villarreal, Behavioral Methods LLC
Mitali Mathur, University of California, Davis
Silvia Saccardo, Carnegie Mellon University
Evan McKay, Compass Lexecon
Sally Sadoff, University of California, San Diego
Will McQuiston, Walmart Robert Metcalfe, Columbia University Catherine Michaud-Leclerc, Université Laval Katherine Milkman, University of Pennsylvania Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago Beatrice Montano, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Guilherme Galdino Monteburne de Souza, Receita Federal do Brasil Karlijn Morsink, Utrecht University Evan Munro, University of Chicago Anjali Narang, Cornell University Navid Neshat, Tulane University Jenny Newman-Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soham Sahoo, Indian Institute of Management Analia Schlosser, Tel Aviv University Patrick Schneider, University of Konstanz Julius Schoelkopf, University Heidelberg Alexandra Schubert, University of California, Berkeley William Schultz, Florida State University / Georgetown University Brenda Sciepura, Harvard University Alessia Sconti, University of Bergamo and Bocconi University
Nancy Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sining Wang, Case Western Reserve University Tianhao Wang, University of California, Irvine Anthony Welsch, University of Chicago Philip Wollburg, The World Bank Group David Woo, University of California, Davis Jessie Wrobel, Walmart Daniel Xiong, University of Pittsburgh Heyu Xiong, Case Western Reserve University Ismael Yacoubou Djima, The World Bank Group
Julia Seither, University of Chicago
Jinpu Yang, State University of New York, Binghamton
Ravideep Sethi, University of Utah
Yanjie Yang, Texas A&M University
Sofia Shchukina, University of Chicago
Anastasiya Yarygina Udovenko, InterAmerican Development Bank
Raisa Sherif, Max Planck Society
Karen Ye, Queen’s University at Kingston
Sneha Nimmagadda, University of Chicago
Abu Shonchoy, Florida International University
Albert Nsengumuremyi, The University of Goettingen and The Humboldt University of Berlin
Soumitra Shukla, The Burning Glass Institute Hal Sider, Compass Lexecon
Shibeal O’Flaherty, Office of Evaluation Sciences
Jed Silver, Hebrew University
Chuan Yu, University of North Carolina Allen Yuan, Walmart
Juni Singh, The World Bank Group
Sarah Zaccagni, Aarhus University
Emma Smith, Georgetown University
Grace Zhang, University of Pennsylvania
Maria Oaquim de Medeiros, Princeton University Shubham Ojha, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Lena Song, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Chiara Sotis, Northwestern University
Soyoka Okamura, Northwestern University
Tulio Sousa, Indiana University
Miray Zeynep Omurtak, Yale University
Till Stange, University of Cologne
David Ong, Jinan University
Marcos Sugastti, University of Edinburgh
Sarita Oré Quispe, Columbia University
Hyun Soo Suh, Washington University, St. Louis
Adam Osman, University of Illinois Amparo Palacios-Lopez, The World Bank Group
Ishaana Talesara, Texas A&M University
Adriana Paolantonio, The World Bank Group
Daniel Tannenbaum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
David Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen
Janna Ter Meer, Scripps Research Translational Institute
Edoardo Maria Pelli, University of Saskatchewan
Panagiotis Toulis, University of Chicago
Santiago Perez-Cardona, University of Chicago
Nicholas Tyack, North Dakota State University / University of Saskatchewan
Ragan Petrie, Texas A&M University
Burak Uras, Williams College
Moritz Poll, University of Chicago Mariya Pominova, Duke University
María Urcia, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
Maria Porter, University of Arizona
Veljko Uskokovic, University of Belgrade
Maitri Punjabi, Michigan State University
Winnie van Dijk, Yale University
Chiara Rapallini, University of Florence
Adrian Vargas Lopez, Leibniz University, Hannover
Mohammad Rashid, University of Washington Ryan Rholes, University of Mississippi Emma Riley, University of Michigan Jessica Rood, Rice University Maria F. Rosales-Rueda, University of Delaware Rebecca Royer, University of Chicago
Julia Turner, Northwestern University
Antonia Vazquez, Brown University Maria Alejandra Villegas, Universidad Iberoamericana Johanna Volk, Ruhr-University Bochum Gerrit von Zedlitz, University of Mannheim Fanyu Wang, Columbia University
Joon Sang Yoon, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
AGENDA OVERVIEW All times are listed in Central Time
Thursday, September 17 10:30 – 11:45 am 11:45 am – 12:00 pm 12:00 – 1:30 pm 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Registration
David Rubenstein Forum, University Prefunction
Welcome Remarks
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Lunch
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Keynote — Combining Field Experiments with Structural Modeling
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago
2:30 – 3:00 pm 3:00 – 4:00 pm 4:00 – 4:10 pm 4:10 – 5:10 pm
Transition Walk and Break Session 1
Saieh Hall
Break Session 2
Saieh Hall
5:10 – 5:30 pm
Group Photo
5:30 – 5:45 pm
Transition Walk and Break
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Keynote — Instrumental Variables with Time-Varying Exposure: Dynamic Effects of Revascularization on Quality of Life
Saieh Hall Entrance
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Josh Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6:45 – 9:00 pm
Conference Dinner
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Friday, September 18 8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast
Saieh Hall, First Floor Annex
9:00 – 10:20 am
Session 3
10:20 – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 – 11:50 am
Saieh Hall
Session 4
Saieh Hall
11:50 am – 12:00 pm
Transition Walk and Break
12:00 – 12:30 pm
Grab Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch and Keynote — Megastudies: A New Paradigm for Field Experiments
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Katherine Milkman, University of Pennsylvania
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Panel Session: Teaching Experimental Economics
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
2:30 – 2:50 pm
Transition Walk and Break
2:50 – 4:10 pm
Session 5
4:10 – 4:20 pm
Break
4:20 – 5:40 pm 5:40 – 5:50 pm 5:50 – 7:10 pm 7:10 – 7:20 pm 7:20 – 9:00 pm 9:00 pm
Saieh Hall
Session 6
Saieh Hall
Break Session 7
Saieh Hall
Transition Walk and Break Closing Reception
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Conference Concludes
Thursday, September 17 10:30 – 11:45 am 11:45 am – 12:00 pm 12:00 – 1:30 pm 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Registration
David Rubenstein Forum, University Prefunction
Welcome Remarks
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Lunch
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Keynote — Combining Field Experiments with Structural Modeling
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Transition Walk and Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm
SESSION 1
1A: DEVELOPMENT + METHODS
1B: HEALTH
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 102
The Effect of Survey Mode on Data Quality: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria
Manipulating Temporal Expectations to Accelerate Healing After Cataract Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Ivette Contreras, World Bank
The Anatomy of Survey Measurement Error — Experimental Evidence from a Panel Survey in Bangladesh Amparo Palacios-Lopez, World Bank
A New Field Module for Measuring Child Economic Preferences: Evidence from Kenya
Peter Aungle, Harvard University
Personalized Information and Diet Quality: Evidence from an AI-Assisted Field Experiment Yanjie Yang, Texas A&M University
Alexandra Schubert, University of California, Berkeley
1C: BEHAVIORAL Saieh Hall 103
What Adolescents Value: Evidence from Social Media Lena Song, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Scrolling into Anxiety: Experimental Evidence from University Students
Maria Laura Alzua, CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata and PEP
Efficacy Theory and Decisions Under Risk: Experimental Evidence Danielle Kent, University of Sydney
1D: IO Saieh Hall 112
Consumer Demand and Firm Pricing: Lessons from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment Ariel Goldszmidt, University of Chicago
Testing Private versus Common Values with Bid Variation from a Field Experiment Tulio Sousa, Indiana University
1E: METHODS
1F: FINANCE
Saieh Hall 141
Saieh Hall 146
Replicability in Development Economics: False Discoveries and Low Power
Credibility and Expectations
Qingyuan Chai, New York University, Shanghai
Learn Then Confirm: A Two-Stage Framework for Heterogeneity-Targeted Experimental Design Rahul Ladhania, University of Michigan
Adaptive Design of Clustered Experiments Carlos Gonzalez-Perez, University of Oxford
1G: EDUCATION+DEVELOPMENT
Deniz Aydin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Targeting Higher Credit Card Payments Benedict Guttman-Kenney, Rice University
Beyond the Numbers: Professional Forecasters’ Narratives about Inflation and Stock Market Performance Julius Schoelkopf, University Heidelberg
1I: LABOR
Saieh Hall 203
Saieh Hall 242
Nurturing Parents and Children: an Early Stimulation and Father’s Engagement Intervention in Indonesia
From Peer Effects to Network Evolution: Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study
Maria Rosales-Rueda, University of Delaware
Alden Cheng, NBER and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1J: EDUCATION + PUBLIC
The Returns to Short-Duration Tech Training: Evidence from a Multi-Site Randomized Trial
Saieh Hall 247
Institutional Transmission of Social Preferences Amalia Di Girolamo, University of Birmingham
Reading Others as Individuals: A Field Experiment on Fiction and Prosociality Juan Ferro, Universidad de los Andes
I’ll Be Watching You: The Effects of Randomly Assigned NYC Immigration Court Observers
Decio Coviello, High Commercial Studies of Montreal
4:00 – 4:10 pm
Break
Brian Cadena, University of Colorado Boulder
Beyond Training: The Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Soft-Skill Enhancement for Welfare Recipients Analia Schlosser, Tel Aviv University
4:10 – 5:10 pm
SESSION 2
2A: DEVELOPMENT + BEHAVIORAL
2C: DEVELOPMENT + ENVIRONMENTAL
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
The Hidden Costs of Poverty: Mental Load and Technology Learning
The Determining Factors for the Sustainability of Social Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Ecuador
Levenson Badio, Texas A&M University
Economic Consequences of Improving Sleep Among the Urban Poor through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Ida Grigoryeva, University of California, San Diego
When Altruism Backfires: Evidence from Family Caregiving in India
Karla Lissette Flores Cevallos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Digital Traceability for DeforestationFree Supply Chains: Evidence from Cocoa Production in Ghana Erik Katovich, University of Connecticut
Jenny Newman-Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2D: IO + MARKET DESIGN
2E: LABOR + DEVELOPMENT
Saieh Hall 112
Saieh Hall 141
When Rankings Fail: A Diagnostic Framework with Evidence from Experimental Trade-Offs and Matching Outcome
Employer Quality and Information Frictions in Spot Labor Markets
David Ong, Jinan University
Why Dating Apps Don’t Work: Evidence from Three Field Experiments
Vrinda Kapoor, Cornell University
A Megastudy of Economic and Psychological Interventions Aimed at Reducing Rule Breaking at Work Sarah Zaccagni, Aarhus University
Sofia Shchukina, University of Chicago
Experience and the Demand for Personalization: Evidence from a Field Experiment Chuan Yu, University of North Carolina
2F: EDUCATION + AI
2G: LABOR + AI
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Effective Personalized AI Tutors via LLM-Guided Reinforcement Learning
Agentic Screening Across Firms: Competition and Monoculture
Angel Tsai-Hsuan Chung, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Collaborative Learning with Customized AI Tutors in an Introductory Economics Course Fulya Ersoy, University of Chicago
Enhancing the Impact of Personalized Adaptive Learning with Peer Support Yuchen Liu, University of Florida
Mariya Pominova, Duke University
Hiring Under Technological Change: AI Disclosure and Pre-Screening Sorting in the Applicant Pool Soumitra Shukla, The Burning Glass Institute
2I: DEVELOPMENT + FINANCE
2J: BEHAVIORAL + PUBLIC
Saieh Hall 242
Saieh Hall 247
Tailoring Advice and Agent Incentives to Enhance Consumer Welfare from Catastrophic Drought Insurance
A Field Experiment on Memorable Goods
Karlijn Morsink, Utrecht University
Micro-Enterprise Saturation: Critical Mass or Overcrowding? Moritz Poll, University of Chicago
From Disparity to Equality: Strategic Targeting to Close Gender Gaps in Business Upgrading Programs
Marco Castillo, Texas A&M University
Artificial Intelligence, Inequality, and the Public: The Impact of Economic Literacy on Policy Views Nicolas Bottan, Cornell University
The Structure of Intrinsic Prosociality: Evidence from Online Chess Ravideep Sethi, University of Utah
Arti Grover, The World Bank Group
5:10 – 5:30 pm
Group Photo
5:30 – 5:45 pm
Transition Walk and Break
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Keynote — Instrumental Variables with Time-Varying Exposure: Dynamic Effects of Revascularization on Quality of Life
Saieh Hall Entrance
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Josh Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6:45 – 9:00 pm
Conference Dinner
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Friday, September 18 8:00 – 9:00 am
9:00 – 10:20 am
Breakfast
Saieh Hall, First Floor Annex
SESSION 3
3A: DEVELOPMENT + LABOR
3C: DEVELOPMENT + EDUCATION
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
Respondents Bias and Measurement Challenges in Child Labor: the Case of a Randomized Control Trial in Rural Peru
Female Micro-Entrepreneurship and Child Development
Vera Chiodi, Sorbonne University
From Playrooms to Paychecks: Effects of Center-Based Parenting Program on Maternal Labor Market Outcomes Yue Ma, Stanford University
Breadwinning Norms: Experimental Evidence from India
Hyun Soo Suh, Washington University in St. Louis
Shareable Technologies and Role Models in Education: Experimental Evidence on Social Network Spillovers in Togo Paul Brimble, University of Michigan
Scaling Down Costs to Scale Up Effective Programs: Evidence from Two Randomized Interventions Anne Fitzpatrick, The Ohio State University
Ishaana Talesara, Texas A&M University
Evaluating the Impacts of Access to a Digital Jobs Platform and Skills Training on Female Domestic Workers Jean Nahrae Lee, World Bank Group
3D: HEALTH
3E: PUBLIC + CRIME
Saieh Hall 112
Saieh Hall 141
In Sickness and In Health: Motivating Improved Healthcare Using Holistic Patient Contracts
Pills, Powders, and Proof
Benjamin Daniels, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Roles of Sample Representativeness and Time in Diminished Effects at Scale: Evidence from the Rollout of a Large Digital Health Intervention Janna Ter Meer, Scripps Research Translational Institute
Behaviorally Informed Messages to Promote Gender-Neutral HPV Vaccination: Secondary Analysis of a Large Randomized Controlled Trial in Colombia Deborah Martinez Villarreal, Behavioral Methods LLC
Gerrit von Zedlitz, University of Mannheim
Corruption, Institutional Distrust, and Youth Political Participation in Albania Edmira Cakrani, Western Balkans University
Robin Hood Bias under Risk: Moral Framing, Public Service Motivation, and Bribery Justification
María Cecilia Urcia Erazo, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
3F: AGRICULTURE + DEVELOPMENT
3G: EDUCATION + AI
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Building Trust in Financial Services for Agriculture in Ethiopia: Digital Innovations in Crop Insurance Product Design
Does Structured AI Tutoring Shape Knowledge Management Processes? Evidence from a Pilot Field Experiment in Higher Education
Maria Porter, University of Arizona
Irrigate as I Say, Not as I Do: Disentangling Peer Effects and Social Norms among Tanzanian Irrigators Leslie Alex, Michigan State University
Digitizing Extension Services: Evidence from a Two-Sided Randomized Experiment in Indonesia Irene Furlani, University of Passau
Gerardo Antonio Aguilar Alas, University of Deusto
AI and Parenting: Can AI boost Parental Knowledge of Early Childhood Development? Juliana Lalinde Velasquez, University of Chicago
A Turing Test for Academic Evaluation: Detection, Grades, and Student Satisfaction in a Field Experiment Sining Wang, Case Western Reserve University
Evaluating the Impact of AI-Assisted Learning on Students’ Understanding of Economics and Business Concept Heyu Xiong, Case Western Reserve University
3I: ENVIRONMENTAL Saieh Hall 242
Seeing is Believing: From Screens to Reefs – How Virtual Reality Bridges Valuation Gaps Chiara Sotis, Northwestern University
Know Thy Pipes: How Randomized Disclosure of Proxy Information Shapes Household Demand for Waterborne Lead Mitigation and Exposure Assessments Fanyu Wang, Columbia University
Signals and Sustainable Food Choice Isabella Blengini, EHL Lausanne
3J: FINANCE Saieh Hall 247
Can AI help Investors Avoid the Disposition Effect? Jeff Livingston, Bentley University
Incentivizing Inflation Expectations Ryan Rholes, University of Mississippi
Financial Education at Scale: Evidence from a National Information Campaign Alessia Sconti, University of Bergamo and Bocconi University
10:20 – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 – 11:50 am
SESSION 4
4A: LABOR + AI
4C: BEHAVIORAL + DIGITAL MARKETS
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
From Assistance to Action: Agency and Adoption of Generative AI
Networks and Social Media: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment
Wajeeha Ahmad, Stanford University
Timothy First, University of California - San Diego
AI, Humans, and Ethnic Gaps
Algorithms and Parasitic Content
Silvia Barbareschi, University of California, Berkeley
Nancy Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mapping AI into Production: A Field Experiment on Firm Performance
What Happens to Peer Influence When Peers are No Longer Needed for Information?
Rem Koning, Harvard Business School
Artificial Work: AI Use and Moral Hazard in Online Labor Markets
Veljko Uskokovic, University of Belgrade
Tara Kuruvila, Columbia University
4D: HEALTH Saieh Hall 112
Breaking the Scroll (BTS): A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health in the Context of a Developing Economy Zubaria Andlib, Lancaster University
Mental Health and Investment Propensity: Evidence from India and Mexico Manuela Angelucci, University of Texas - Austin
The Impact of Digital Mental Health Technology on Mental Health, Education, and Economic Outlook of Young Adults Clémence Kieny, Lausanne University Center for Primary Care and Public Health
Selective (In)Attention: Evidence from Healthcare
Silvia Saccardo, Carnegie Mellon University
4E: EDUCATION Saieh Hall 141
Heterogeneous Fadeout of Early Childhood Program Impacts: Evidence from the Head Start Impact Study Noah Liu, University of Chicago
Sad! I Got Talent but My Mom Doesn’t Know It: Parent-Child Belief Gap and Adolescent Mental Health Qinyou Hu, University of Texas at San Antonio
Speaking the Future: A Field Intervention on Agentive-Perspectival Aspiration among Marginalized Youth with a Human-Machine Hybrid Analysis Protocol Eugene Yu Ji, University of Waterloo and Mila-Quebec AI Institute
Does Generative AI Narrow Education-Based Productivity Gaps? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment Ramiro H. Gálvez, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
4F: DEVELOPMENT + LABOR
4G: ENVIRONMENTAL + BEHAVIORAL
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Competition and Discrimination: A Hiring Experiment with Firm Managers
Do The Effects of Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments
Paolo Falco, University of Copenhagen
Social Networks and Hiring: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
Maryiam Haroon, Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago
Mentorship Networks and the Early Career Outcomes of College-Educated Women
Maria Oaquim de Medeiros, Princeton University
Alec Brandon, Johns Hopkins University
Experience and Experimentation: Field-Experimental Evidence from Climate Change Adaptation Timo Goeschl, Heidelberg University
Nudging Closer: Experimental Evidence on the Residual Energy Efficiency Gap Anjali Narang, Cornell University
4J: BEHAVIORAL
4I: EDUCATION
Saieh Hall 247
Saieh Hall 242
Encouraging STEM Specialization Among High School Girls Nour Abdelbaki, Becker Friedman Institute
When AI Inflates Scores, the Weakest Hurt Most: Evidence from Formative Assessment Yue Deng, University of San Diego
Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impact of Generative AI Zara Contractor, Middlebury College
Building Teacher Capacity or Outsourcing Pedagogy? Experimental Evidence from Science Education Reform Soham Sahoo, Indian Institute of Management
The Effect of Private Pressure on Corporate Disclosures: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment David Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen
Measuring and Enhancing Early Language Environments through Luet: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Daycare Becky Royer, University of Chicago
Contact and the Price of Prejudice
Gwen-Jiro Clochard, University of Osaka
Status and Hierarchy: Field Evidence from Human Children and Vervet Monkeys Xiu Chen, Shenzhen University
11:50 am – 12:00 pm
Transition Walk and Break
12:00 – 12:30 pm
Grab Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch and Keynote — Megastudies: A New Paradigm for Field Experiments
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Katherine Milkman, University of Pennsylvania
1:30 – 2:30 pm 2:30 – 2:50 pm
Panel Session: Teaching Experimental Economics
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Transition Walk and Break
2:50 – 4:10 pm
SESSION 5
5A: DEVELOPMENT + AI
5C: BEHAVIORAL + PUBLIC
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
Beliefs Shift, Behavior Does Not: AI Adoption Among Micro-Entrepreneurs
Preferences of Tax Evaders: An Experimental Investigation of Economic Behavior and Compliance
Marcos Balmaceda, KU Leuven
Identifying Motivation as a Factor in the Rural-Urban AI-Divide Sandra Goff, Bates College
Care on Campus: Experimental Evidence on AI Companions and Student Mental Health from India Anwesha Bhattacharya, Harvard University
Christian Martin Bauer, Technical University of Denmark
Tax and Price Salience in Online Sports Betting Paul Kirch, University of Chicago
I-RIDE: Acquired Taste, Welfare Effects and Projection Bias in Cycling Chiara Rapallini, University of Florence
5D: LABOR Saieh Hall 112
Characterizing the File Drawer: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of ParentInterventions Around the World Nat Chowanajin, University of Texas - Austin
Who Should Study Together? Peer Composition, Gender, and the Limits of Random Assignment Kristoffer Ibsen, Aarhus University
Estimating the Labor Market Value of Community College Bachelor’s Degrees: Evidence from a Pilot Study in Early Childhood Education Julia Turner, Northwestern University
Are Kurds Discriminated Against in the Hiring Process? Experimental Evidence from Türkiye Can Karaarslan, Akkon University
How Do We Attract Talent to Government Jobs?
Brenda Sciepura, Harvard University
5E: DEVELOPMENT + PUBLIC Saieh Hall 141
“We’re All in This Together”: Experimental Evidence from a Universal Livelihoods Program Emma Riley, University of Michigan
Government Scheme Overload: Take-Up and Targeting in a Multi-Scheme Context Mitali Mathur, University of California, Davis
Tax Morale and Institutions: Experimental Evidence from East Africa
Tianhao Wang, University of California, Irvine
Making Survey Modes Meet: Survey-to-Survey Imputation Across Survey Modes for Lower Cost Poverty Estimates Ismael Yacoubou Djima, The World Bank
5F: LABOR + GENDER
5G: METHODS
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Entrepreneurial Soft Skills and Social Norms: Experimental Evidence from Microentreprises in Rural India
Vibe Econometrics and the Analysis Contract
Role Model, Household Frictions and Women’s Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Raeed Kabir, University of Alabama
Raisa Sherif, Max Planck Society
Abu Shonchoy, Florida International University
Who Gets Punished for Challenging Gender Norms? Experimental Evidence on the Enforcement of Housework Norms in Rural Mexico
Alejandra Villegas, Universidad Iberoamericana
Lydia Ashton, Kolibri Research
Precision Policy: Bayesian Trial Design for Field Experiments Robust Signal Maximization in Spillover Experiments
Evan Munro, University of Chicago
Improving Efficiency in Stratified Experiments: Design-Based Inference Meets ANCOVA Jedediah Silver, Hebrew University
From the Pulpit to the People: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Friday Sermons Adil Ahsan, Harvard Kennedy School
5I: AGRICULTURE
5J: ENVIRONMENTAL + ENERGY
Saieh Hall 242
Saieh Hall 247
Does Economic Framing of NitrogenEfficient Production Practices Improve Producer Acceptance?
Price, Signals, and Persistence: Disentangling the Effects of Subsidy Removal
Johanna Volk, Ruhr University Bochum
Mental Well-Being and Adaptation Decisions of Mexican Farmers Following Extreme Weather Events
Environmental Priming and Sustainable Restaurant Choices: Evidence on Crowding-in and Crowding-out from a Field Experiment in a Leisure Setting
Experimenting Out of Underconfidence
Subsidies vs. Services: Valuing Hassle Reduction in Energy-Efficiency Retrofits
Naphtal Habiyaremye, University of Saskatchewan
Adrian Vargas López, Leibniz University Hannover
Nicholas Tyack, North Dakota State University/ University of Saskatchewan
Regulatory Information Provision and Consumer Acceptance of Gene Editing
Edoardo Maria Pelli, University of Saskatchewan
Cesar Del Pozo, Wageningen University
Anton Knoche, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Incentivizing Off-Peak Electric Vehicle Charging: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in South Korea David Woo, University of California, Davis
4:10 – 4:20 pm
Break
4:20 – 5:40 pm
SESSION 6
6A: DEVELOPMENT + EDUCATION
6C: BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
Teamwork as a Teachable Skill: Evidence from a Randomized Educational Intervention
Same Advice, Different Advisor: Trust and the Uptake of Human, AI, and Hybrid Financial Advice
The Effects of Personalized Education in Marginalized Areas
Sustainability in Financial Advice: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Preferences and Gender
Sunduz Divle, University of Chicago
Ana Lleo-Bono, University of Chicago and UCEMA
The Impact of Online Reading Material in Secondary School on University Progression Catherine Michaud-Leclerc, Université Laval
Learning with Peers: Experimental Evidence from a Scaled-up Peer Tutoring Intervention Nikhil Kumar, Harvard University
Simon Hochstrasser, Technical University Munich
Leon Landes, Ruhr University Bochum
Dirty Money and Portfolio Allocation: Evidence from Two Investment Experiments
Merav Malcman, Ruppin Academic Center
A Large-Scale Field Experiment Examining The Relative Benefits of Foot-in-the-Door and Door-in-the-Face Persuasion Tactics on Savings Behavior Grace Zhang, University of Pennsylvania
6D: LABOR
6E: PUBLIC
Saieh Hall 112
Saieh Hall 141
Competing Alone or Competing in a Team?
Auditing from Below: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Receipt Lotteries
Franco Albino, University of Chicago
Peer Earnings Disclosure at Work: Evidence from Two Field Experiments Zhi Hao Lim, Columbia University
AI Competence as Human Capital Katelyn Cranney, Stanford University
Gender-Specific Information on AI Skill Premiums: Belief Updating and Behavioral Responses Shujie Chang, Peking University
Isabelle Cohen, University of Washington
Unlocking Innovation: Experimental Evidence on Barriers & Returns to Public R&D Funding Uptake Nils Handler, University of Zurich
Operational Dosage: Implications of Capacity Constraints for the Design and Interpretation of Experiments Hannah Li, Columbia University
6F: EDUCATION + AI
6G: DEVELOPMENT
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Cheap but Credulous: The Price of an Audit in the Market for AI Reasoning
Equality Until Scarcity: How Needs Shape Water Allocation Decisions - Experimental Evidence from La Guajira, Colombia
Piyush Akimitsu, University at Albany
The Perils and Promise of Generative AI in Higher Ed: A Framed Field Experiment Jeffrey Flory, Claremont McKenna College
Guidance Over Adoption: Experimental Evidence on AI-Assisted Learning Sebastian Gallegos, Adolfo Ibáñez University
6H: DEVELOPMENT + IMMIGRATION Saieh Hall 210
Interethnic Business Networks: Experimental Evidence from Turkish and Syrian Firms Miray Omurtak, Yale University
Perceived Social Acceptance and Migrants’ Financial Inclusion Santiago Perez-Cardona, University of Chicago
From Destination to Origin: Experimental Evidence on the International Spillovers of Migrant Integration Julia Seither, University of Chicago
Opportunity Across Borders? The Impact of Access to Remote Work for Refugees | Emma Smith, Georgetown University
Juliane Koch, Lund University
What to Expect? Experimental Evidence on Measuring Perceived Flood Risk in Bangladesh Philip Randolph Wollburg, The World Bank
Clara-Mente: Improving Mental Health for Adolescents in Colombia
Maria Adelaida Martinez Cabrera, Bentley University
Internet Connectivity in Rural Communities: a Randomized Intervention in the Brazilian Amazon Alipio Ferreira, Southern Methodist University
6J: DEVELOPMENT + PUBLIC Saieh Hall 247
Optimal Transfer Design: Methodology and Experimental Evidence from Staple Food Assistance Programs Zhicong Hu, INSEAD
Incentives, Management, and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from a Large Field Experiment in Peru Sarita Ore Quispe, Columbia University
Managers and Offices: Location-Based Determinants of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in India
6I: AGRICULTURE + DEVELOPMENT
Maitri Punjabi, Michigan State University
Saieh Hall 242
Do Families Leave Tax Savings on the Table? Evidence from Taiwan’s Income Tax Records
Information, Market Access, and Risk: Addressing Constraints to Agricultural Transformation in Northern Ghana Paula Gonzalez, Northwestern University
Mechanization Meets Sustainable Intensification: Experimental Evidence from Rice Farming in Bangladesh Abdul Malek, Miyazaki International University
Validating Computer Vision for Cattle Measurement in Household Surveys: Evidence from Tanzania Adriana Paolantonio, World Bank
Chien-Yu Lai, National Taiwan University
5:40 – 5:50 pm
Break
5:50 – 7:10 pm
SESSION 7
7A: DEVELOPMENT
7C: DEVELOPMENT + FINANCE
Saieh Hall 021
Saieh Hall 103
Scroll to the Top: Visual Cues and the Primacy Effect in Consumer Lending
Tailored to Fail? Gendered Communication in Credit Markets
Microfinance and Microequity for Agricultural Assets
Selection and Incentives in Microequity Contracts: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Joon Sang Yoon, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Joshua Deutschmann, University of Chicago
Financial Literacy Intervention and the Willingness to Pay for Digital Credits: A Scalable Video-based Approach in Kenya
Albert Nsengumuremyi, The University of Goettingen and The Humboldt University of Berlin
Navid Neshat, Tulane University
Adam Osman, University of Illinois
Community Matters: Psychological WellBeing and Spillovers in an Asset-Building Anti-Poverty Program in Paraguay Marcos Sugastti, University of Edinburgh
Market-Driven Social Cohesion in a Diverse African City
7E: BEHAVIORAL
Soyoka Okamura, Northwestern University
Saieh Hall 141
7D: LABOR + BEHAVIORAL
Constructing and Validating Names for Audit and Correspondence Studies
Saieh Hall 112
Seeing the Cliff Before You Fall: The Cognitive Cost of Misperception Daniel Tascon, University of Pittsburgh
Culture Fit’ or ‘Culture Filter’? The Role of Subjective Signals in Hiring Decisions Shubham Ojha, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Chrissy Aman, University of California, San Diego
Different Donors, Different Stories: A Megastudy of Narrative Persuasion in Stem-Cell Donation Till Stange, University of Cologne
Rewarding Creation or Sharing? A Field Experiment on Recognition and Knowledge Flows in a Corporate R&D Anil Kshatriya, ESSEC Business School
7F: PUBLIC + URBAN
7G: HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
Saieh Hall 146
Saieh Hall 203
Thinking Settlement? Think Twice. Evidence from the Brazilian Federal Government’s Program Targeting Taxpayers with Disputed Tax Debts.
The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes
Anastasiya Yarygina, Inter-American Development Bank
Means-Tested Public Transportation Subsidies: Causal Evidence and Implications Seoyoon Ahn, University of Notre Dame
A Safety Net for the Tenuously Housed: Experimental Evidence from a Large Government Program
Daniel Tannenbaum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Virginia Gianinazzi, Nova School of Business and Economics
Search and Negotiation with Biased Beliefs in Consumer Credit Markets Sheisha Kulkarni, The University of Virginia
The Unintended Consequences of Interest Rate Caps on Small Dollar Loans Jinpu Yang, Binghamton University
Mental Accounting for Credit: Evidence from a Large-Scale Credit-Limit Experiment Ray Kluender, Harvard University
Dispute Resolution by Default: An Information Experiment in Eviction Court Winnie van Dijk, Yale University
7J: EDUCATION + BEHAVIORAL Saieh Hall 247
Parental Decision-Making and Preschool Absenteeism: Evidence from a Field Experiment Across U.S. States Mauricio Koechlin, University of Chicago
Beliefs, Attention, and Investments in Early Childhood Jessica Rood, Rice University
7:10 – 7:20 pm 7:20 – 9:00 pm 9:00 pm
Transition Walk and Break Closing Reception
David Rubenstein Forum, University A-B
Conference Concludes