Development of the American Economy Program Meeting
Organized by Claudia Goldin
March 7, 2015
NBER

Saturday, March 7

Invisible Women: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Family Firms in France during Early Industrialization

B. Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College and NBER

9:00 am

Benefits and Costs of Electricity Pre-Clean Air Act

Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Joshua Lewis, University of Montreal
Edson R. Severnini, Boston College and NBER

10:10 am

“Invisible Women: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Family Firms in France, 1790-1855”

B. Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College and NBER

11:10 am

Means-tested Old Age Support and Private Behavior: Evidence from the Old Age Assistance Program

Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER

12:10 pm

Public Insurance and Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid Implementation

Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

1:15 pm

Start-up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland

Felipe Gonzalez, Queen Mary University of London
Guillermo Marshall, University of British Columbia
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER

2:25 pm

The Fluidity of Race: “Passing” in the United States, 1880-1940

Emily Nix, University of Southern California and NBER
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER

3:35 pm

Geography, Policy, or Productivity? Regional Trade in five South American Countries, 1910-1950

Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis and NBER
Marc Badia-Miró, University of Barcelona
Anna Carreras-Marín, University of Barcelona