Matching Mechanisms, Market Design Seen as Tools to Address Inequality

A conference in Chicago, this past February, organized by Scott Kominers:
Here's the press release-- http://ineteconomics.org/research-programs/human-capital-and-economic-opportunity/press-release-2 --and here's the list of talks:

Program

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9–9:40 a.m.	"Consumption and Income Inequality in the U.S. Since the 1960s" Bruce D. Meyer (joint work with James X. Sullivan)
9:40–10:20 a.m.	"Dismantling the Legacy of Caste: Affirmative Action in Indian Higher Education" Dennis Epple (joint work with Surendrakumar Bagde and Lowell J. Taylor)
10:20–10:35 a.m.	Break
10:35–11:15 a.m.	"Promoting School Competition Through School Choice: A Market Design Approach" John William Hatfield (joint work with Fuhito Kojima and Yusuke Narita)
11:15–1:55 a.m.	"School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England: Comparing Mechanisms by Their Vulnerability to Manipulation" Tayfun Sonmez (joint work with Parag Pathak)
1–2 p.m.	Invited Address: "Matching with Evolving Human Capital" Lones Smith (joint work with Axel Anderson)
2:00–2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15–2:55 p.m.	"Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice" M. Bumin Yenmez (joint work with Isa E. Hafalir and Muhammed A. Yildirim)
2:55–3:35 p.m.	"Matching with Slot-Specific Priorities: Theory and Applications" Scott Duke Kominers (joint work with Tayfun Sonmez)
3:35–3:50 p.m.	Break
3:50–4:30 p.m.	"Do Parents Choose under the Boston Mechanism?" Caterina Calsamiglia (joint work with Maia Guell)
4:30–-5:10 p.m.	"Homophily and Transitivity in Dynamic Network Formation" Bryan Graham