
	Friday, April 21
6:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Saturday, April 22
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Divides Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER Sandra Sequeira, London School of Economics Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER Discussant: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
9:20 am	The Dawn of Civilization Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution Matthias C. Flueckiger, University of York Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth Markus Ludwig, TU Braunschweig Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Discussant: Leander Heldring, Northwestern University and NBER
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement (slides) Valentín Figueroa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER Discussant: Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego and NBER
11:20 am	Image(s) David H. Yanagizawa-Drott, University of Zurich Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich Discussant: Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER
12:10 pm	Lunch - Somerset Room
1:30 pm	Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University Discussant: Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER
2:20 pm	Science Under Inquisition: The Allocation of Talent in Early Modern Europe Edgard Dewitte, University of Oxford Francesco Drago, University of Catania Roberto Galbiati, CNRS and Sciences Po Giulio Zanella, University of Bologna Discussant: Mara P. Squicciarini, Bocconi University
3:10 pm	Break
3:30 pm	The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence from Imperial China Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics Boxiao Zhang, University of California at Los Angeles Discussant: Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
4:20 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert Akerlof, University of Warwick
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Augustin Bergeron, Harvard University and NBER
Alberto Bisin, New York University and NBER
Renee Bowen, Georgetown University and NBER
Maria Carreri, University of California, Berkeley
Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University
Sofia Correa, University of Chile
Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
Edgard Dewitte, University of Oxford
Quoc-Anh Do, Monash University
Francesco Drago, University of Catania
Oeindrila Dube, University of Chicago and NBER
Hülya Eraslan, Rice University and NBER
Alessandra Fenizia, George Washington University and NBER
Raquel Fernández, New York University and NBER
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Leander Heldring, Northwestern University and NBER
Andrew Kao, Harvard University
Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard University and NBER
Gianandrea Lanzara, Bocconi University

Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Markus Ludwig, TU Braunschweig
Luis R. Martinez, Emory University
Andrea Moro, Vanderbilt University
Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Gaétan Nandong, New York University
Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Vincent Pons, Harvard University and NBER
Pablo Querubín, New York University and NBER
Bryony Reich, Northwestern University
Juan Felipe Riano, Georgetown University
Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University
Sandra Sequeira, London School of Economics
Mehdi Shadmehr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Mara P. Squicciarini, Bocconi University
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER
Francesco Trebbi, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston
Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University and NBER
Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics
Giulio Zanella, University of Bologna