SI 2019 Development of the American Economy
Organized by Walker Hanlon, Kris James Mitchener, and Petra Moser
July 8-11, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Monday, July 8
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Introductions
9:10 am

Shut Down and Shut Out: Women Physicians in the Era of Medical Education Reform

Carolyn Moehling, Rutgers University and NBER
Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
10:05 am

Schooling and Political Activism in the Early Civil Rights Era

Daniel Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Mark J. Borgschulte, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bhashkar Mazumder, University of California, Irvine and NBER
10:55 am
Break
11:10 am

Why did Firms Practice Segregation? Evidence from Movie Theaters during Jim Crow

Ricard Gil, University of Navarra
Justin Marion, University of California Santa Cruz
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Egg-Timer Session I

The Green Books and the Geography of Segregation in Public Accommodations

Lisa D. Cook, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Maggie EC. Jones, Emory University and NBER
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
David Rosé, Wilfrid Laurier University

The Economic Motives for Foot-binding

Xinyu Fan, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Lingwei Wu, University of Bonn

Micro-evidence from a System-wide Financial Meltdown - The German Crisis of 1931 (slides)

Kristian Blickle, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER
Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Confederate Streets and Black-White Labor Market Differentials

Jhacova Williams, American University
1:50 pm

Does Increased Shareholder Liability Always Reduce Bank Moral Hazard?

Haelim Anderson, Andersen Institute
Daniel Barth, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Dong Beom Choi, Seoul National University
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm

Financial Inclusion, Human Capital, and Wealth Accumulation: Evidence from the Freedman's Savings Bank

Luke Stein, Babson College
Constantine N. Yannelis, University of Cambridge
3:45 pm

Can You Move to Opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
4:35 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 9
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Economic Origins of Modern Science: Technology, Institutions, and Markets

Jeremiah Dittmar, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
9:55 am

Discrimination, Managers, and Firm Performance: Evidence from "Aryanizations" in Nazi Germany (slides)

Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER
Volker Lindenthal, University of Munich
Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Sectarian Competition and the Market Provision of Human Capital

Heyu Xiong, Case Western Reserve University
Yiling Zhao, Peking University
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Egg-Timer Session II

Bar Talk: Informal Social Interactions, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention

Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Receipt

Shari Eli, University of Toronto and NBER
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

Technological Change and Climatic Resiliency: Evidence from Irrigation in the United States (slides)

Eric C. Edwards, University of California Davis
Steven M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines

Spillover Effects of IP Protection in the Interwar Aircraft Industry

Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER
Taylor Jaworski, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
1:45 pm

The Costs of Curbing Speculation: Evidence from the Establishment of "Investment Grade"

Asaf Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
2:35 pm
Break
2:50 pm

Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long-term Effects of Bank Failures

Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:40 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 10
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

After the War: Wartime Saving and Postwar Housing Investment, 1946-1950 (slides)

Gillian Brunet, Smith College
9:55 am

Origins of Too Big to Fail: Commercial Bank's Stock Returns and the Banking Reforms of the 1930s

Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Brian S. Yang, San Francisco State University
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

"Loans for the Little Fellow:" Credit, Crisis, and Recovery in the Great Depression

Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Egg-Timer Session III
1:00 pm

Officer Retention and Military Spending - The Rise of the Military Industrial Complex during the Second World War

Ahmed Rahman, Lehigh University

Displacement, Diversity, and Mobility: Career Impacts of Japanese American Internment

Jaime Arellano-Bover, Yale University

Does Scientific Progress Affect Culture? A Digital Text Analysis

Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Nicola Lacetera, University of Bologna and NBER
Astrid Marinoni, Georgia Institute of Technology

`Novel' Ideas: The Effects of Carnegie Libraries on Innovative Activities

Peter D. Nencka, The Ohio State University
Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County
1:45 pm

The Effect of Political Power on Labor Market Inequality: Evidence from the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Carlos Avenancio, University of California, San Diego
2:35 pm
Break
2:50 pm

Kenji or Kenneth? Pearl Harbor and Japanese-American Assimilation (slides)

Martin H. Saavedra, Rutgers University and NBER
3:40 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Influenza the South American Way: The Long Run Impact of the 1918 Pandemic In Sao Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Guimbeau, Université de Sherbrooke
Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University
Aldo Musacchio, Brandeis University and NBER
9:55 am

Southern (American) Hospitality: Italians in Argentina and the US during the Age of Mass Migration

Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Federico Droller, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
11:50 am
Adjourn and Lunch