
	Wednesday, July 24
6:00 pm	Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (Muse Salon) Sponsored by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School and the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School
	Thursday, July 25
7:50 am	Coffee and Pastries
	Morning joint with Real Estate Economics
8:20 am	The Current Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: Evidence from a New Wharton Index Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Jacob A. Krimmel, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Ingrid Ellen, New York University
9:10 am	Affordable Housing and City Welfare Jack Favilukis, University of British Columbia Pierre G. Mabille, INSEAD Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER Discussant: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
10:00 am	Break
10:20 am	The Long-Run Effects of Low-Income Housing on Neighborhood Composition (slides) Morris Davis, Rutgers University Jesse M. Gregory, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
11:10 am	Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Neighborhood Choice Among Housing Voucher Recipients Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Discussant: Katherine O'Regan, New York University
12:00 pm	Lunch
12:45 pm	All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development Cesar Ducruet, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER Dávid Krisztián Nagy, CREI Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Discussant: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
1:30 pm	In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Denise DiPasquale, City Research
2:15 pm	Delineating Urban Areas Using Building Density Marie-Pierre de Bellefon, INSEE Pierre-Philippe Combes, University of Lyon and Sciences Po Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Laurent Gobillon, Paris School of Economics-CNRS Discussant: Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:00 pm	Infrastructure Costs Leah Brooks, George Washington University Zachary Liscow, Yale University Discussant: Karen Dynan, Harvard University
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Competition and Quality Gains: New Evidence from High-Speed Railways and Airlines Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Long Wang, Fudan University Yang Yang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn
	Friday, July 26
7:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:00 am	Trickle-Down Housing Economics Charles G. Nathanson, Northwestern University Discussant: Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
8:50 am	Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Felipe Schwartzman, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Discussant: David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
9:40 am	Labor Market Polarization and The Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER Eric Mengus, HEC Paris Tomasz K. Michalski, HEC Paris Discussant: Giacomo Ponzetto, CREI
10:30 am	Break
10:40 am	Can We Save the American Dream? A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of School Financing on Local Opportunities Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego Tatjana Kleineberg, The World Bank Discussant: Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
11:30 am	Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Discussant: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death Remi Jedwab, George Washington University Noel D. Johnson, George Mason University Mark Koyama, George Mason University Discussant: Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
1:50 pm	The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego Wenquan Liang, Jinan University Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER Ran Song, National University of Singapore Discussant: David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
2:40 pm	Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development Nikita Melnikov, Nova School of Business and Economics Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, Stanford University Maria M. Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER Discussant: Filipe R. Campante, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
3:30 pm	Does Electrification Cause Industrial Development? Grid Expansion and Firm Turnover in Indonesia Dana Kassem, University of Mannheim Discussant: Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
4:20 pm	Adjourn

Participants

David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Lorenzo Aldeco, Bank of Mexico
Sam Asher, Imperial College Business School
Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
Hector Blanco, Rutgers University
Leah Brooks, George Washington University
Filipe R. Campante, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Robert Collinson, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
Anthony A. DeFusco, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Rajeev H. Dehejia, New York University and NBER
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Denise DiPasquale, City Research
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Karen Dynan, Harvard University
Fabian Eckert, University of California, San Diego
Ingrid Ellen, New York University
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
John N. Friedman, Brown University and NBER
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago and NBER
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, McGill University
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Caitlin S. Gorback, University of Texas at Austin
Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse M. Gregory, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Mariaflavia Harari, University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Andrew Haughwout, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University
Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Caroline M. Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER
Remi Jedwab, George Washington University
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
Dana Kassem, University of Mannheim
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
Wookun Kim, Southern Methodist University
Tatjana Kleineberg, The World Bank

Patrick M. Kline, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
Jacob Krimmel, Federal Reserve Board
Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER
Wenquan Liang, Jinan University
Zachary Liscow, Yale University
Byron Lutz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nikita Melnikov, Nova School of Business and Economics
Tomasz K. Michalski, HEC Paris
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER
Miguel A. Morales-Mosquera, University of Chicago
Alvin Murphy, Arizona State University
Samantha Myers, Bank of Ireland
Dávid Krisztián Nagy, CREI
Charles G. Nathanson, Northwestern University
Katherine O'Regan, New York University
Raymond Owens III, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University and NBER
Giacomo Ponzetto, CREI
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Tristan Reed, The World Bank
Michael Reher, University of California, San Diego
Stuart Rosenthal, Cornell University
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Amy Ellen Schwartz, University of Delaware
Felipe Schwartzman, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Harris Selod, The World Bank
Kevin Y. Shih, City University of New York
Todd M. Sinai, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia
Ran Song, National University of Singapore
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Daniel M. Sullivan, JPMorgan Chase Institute
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
Linh T. Tô, Boston University
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER
Nancy E. Wallace, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Long Wang, Fudan University
William Wheaton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cora Wigger, Elon University
Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and NBER
Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
Zoe Yang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yue Yu, University of Toronto
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER