WHY DC Symposium on Policy Evaluation and Causal Inference November 18-19, 2024, in Washington, DC This is a Symposium focused on methods and implementation of causal inference methods, organized by Austin Nichols and co-sponsored by . The WHY Symposium is devoted to the use of causal inference methods in policy research. The Symposium features talks on methods and applied papers on a variety of topics. Sessions with presentations and discussion are mixed with opportunities for informal mingling both on site and at nearby locations in Washington, DC. See the Acknowledgements (p.19) in the Stata manual entry for hdidregress for some indication of the benefits of attending WHY symposia. Schedule Monday 18 November, 2024: Sessions and lunch at 601 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC Tuesday 19 November, 2024: Sessions and lunch at 601 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC Details A detailed schedule appears below or see this pdf. Attendance is capped at 40, so only accepted registrants may attend. Monday, November 18, 2024 (Day 1) 10:00-10:30am Peter M Steiner (UMd) Returns to education: A graphical discussion of identification issues 11:00-11:30am Nicholas Li (GWU) Nonparametric Evidence of Nonlinear Effects Using Instrumental Variables 1:00-1:30pm Coady Wing (IU) Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines 2:00-2:30pm Abbie Zhang (BU/VA) The Effects of Covariate Balancing Propensity Score (CBPS) and Multinomial Logit (ML) Estimated Propensity Scores on Bias and Precision of Treatment Effect Estimators in a Multiple Treatment Setting 3:00-3:30pm Wenting Yu (Amazon) Localized Double Machine Learning with Continuous Treatment Variables: Application on Personalized Treatment Response Curve 4:00-4:30pm Steve Hamilton (GWU) More than elasticities: What information can we extract from bunching variation? 5pm Local happy hour Followed by dinner in small (randomized) groups Tuesday, November 19, 2024 (Day 2) 10:00-10:30am Sarah Bass (Wisconsin) Wildfire Exposure Shapes Prenatal Scarring and Selection 11:00-11:30am Shiv Hastawala (Binghamton) Bank Presence and Household Credit in India 1:00-1:30pm Randall Juras, Haisheng Yang (Abt) & Sarah Prenovitz (Mathematica) A New Generation of Guaranteed Income Research 2:00-2:30pm Adam Scavette (FRB) Do Research Universities Recession Proof Their Regions? Evidence from State Flagship College Towns 3:00-3:30pm Max Norton (UBC) Who Benefits from Local Bond Elections? Evidence from California's School Bond Reform 4:00-4:30pm Lijia Tan (Eindhoven University of Technology) Persuasions on Preventive Decisions 5pm Don Ciccio & Figli Travel to 1907 Fairview Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 Past symposia The first WHY Symposium, WHYKY in Kentucky, organized by Austin Nichols and Jose Manuel Fernandez, was co-sponsored by and the College of Business at the University of Louisville. The second WHY Symposium, organized by Austin Nichols in DC in 2022, was co-sponsored by and hosted by the National Academy of Social Insurance. The third WHY Symposium, in Park City in 2023, was organized by Adam Looney and Austin Nichols, and co-sponsored by and the University of Utah.