Human Capital, Genetics and Behavior

See you in Chicago next week :-)

HCEO: Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group

Conference on Genetics and Behavior

April 18, 2014 to April 19, 2014

This meeting will bring together researchers from a range of disciplines who have been exploring the role of genetic influences on socioeconomic outcomes. The approaches taken to incorporating genes into social science models differ widely. The first goal of the conference is to provide a forum in which alternative frameworks are discussed and critically evaluated. Second, we are hopeful that the meeting will trigger extended interactions and even future collaboration. Third, the meeting will help focus future genetics-related initiatives by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, which is pursuing the study of inequality and social mobility over the next several years.

PROGRAM

9:00 to 11:00
Genes and Socioeconomic Aggregates
Gregory Cochran University of Utah
Steven Durlauf University of Wisconsin–Madison
Henry Harpending University of Utah
Aldo Rustichini University of Minnesota
Enrico Spolaore Tufts University

11:30 to 1:30
Population-Based Studies
Sara Jaffee University of Pennsylvania
Matthew McGue University of Minnesota
Peter Molenaar
Jenae Neiderhiser

2:30 to 4:30
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
Daniel Benjamin Cornell University
David Cesarini New York University
Dalton Conley New York University/NBER
Jason Fletcher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Philipp Koellinger University of Amsterdam

APRIL 19, 2014

9:00 to 11:00
Neuroscience
Paul Glimcher New York University
Jonathan King National Institute on Aging
Aldo Rustichini University of Minnesota

11:30 to 1:30
Intelligence
Stephen Hsu Michigan State University
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh
Rodrigo Pinto The University of Chicago

2:30 to 4:30
Role of Genes in Understanding Socioeconomic Status
Gabriella Conti University College London
Steven Durlauf University of Wisconsin–Madison
Felix Elwert University of Wisconsin–Madison
James Lee University of Minnesota