SI 2020 Development of the American Economy
Organized by Kris James Mitchener, John Parman, and Allison Shertzer
July 6-9, 2020
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 6
12:00 pm

Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party (slides)

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis and NBER
Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Censorship, Family Planning, and the Historical Fertility Transition (slides)

Brian Beach, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

How the Other Half Dies: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities (slides)

Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Hui Ren Tan, National University of Singapore
2:45 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Should Monetary Policy Lean Against the Wind? Quasi-experimental Evidence from Federal Reserve Policies in 1920-21 (slides)

Kilian Rieder, CEPR
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Regional Monetary Policies and the Great Depression (slides)

Pooyan Amir-Ahmadi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Gustavo S. Cortes, University of Florida
Marc D. Weidenmier, Chapman University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn and Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 pm

Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing (slides)

Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Martin Rotemberg, New York University
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households during the Assimilation Era (slides)

Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER
Dustin Frye, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States (slides)

Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park
2:45 pm
Break
3:15 pm

The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality (slides)

Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal
Edson R. Severnini, Boston College and NBER
Xiao Wang, Carnegie Mellon University
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm
Egg-Timer Sessions (10 minutes each)

Fractured-Land and Political Fragmentation (slides)

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Mark Koyama, George Mason University
Youhong Lin, Xiamen University
Tuan-Hwee Sng, National University of Singapore

Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality (slides)

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Claire Montialoux, Sciences Po

Working Their Way Up? US Immigrants' Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration (slides)

William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country (slides)

Theodore F. Figinski, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Erin E. Troland, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? Public Investment and the Roots of Mid-century Manufacturing Opportunity (slides)

Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
5:15 pm
Adjourn and Happy Hour
Wednesday, July 8
12:00 pm

Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom (slides)

Scott Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth During the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from France (slides)

Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
Mara P. Squicciarini, Bocconi University
Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Crisis Innovation (slides)

Tania Babina, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Asaf Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Capital Markets and Colonial Institutions in China (slides)

Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Fireside Chats: Communication and Consumer Expectations in the Great Depression (slides)

Mathieu Pedemonte, Inter-American Development Bank
5:00 pm
Adjourn and Happy Hour
Thursday, July 9
12:00 pm

Tell Me What You Grow and I’ll Tell You What You Think: Westward Expansion and the Politics of Slavery in the US South (slides)

Michele Rosenberg Federico Masera, University of New South Wales
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Structural Change and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the FinnishWar Reparations (slides)

Matti Mitrunen, University of Helsinki
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration (slides)

Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Nonso Obikili, United Nations
2:45 pm
Break
3:15 pm

World War II and Black Economic Progress (slides)

Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Dynamics and Spillovers of Management Interventions: Evidence from the Training Within Industry Program (slides)

Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn and Happy Hour