Thursday, July 23
FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes to show the research, immediately followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice one or two questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. During Q&A the moderator will select participants from the Zoom chat to voice their questions
Morning Session is Joint with Real Estate
Session I
9:00 am

Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects (slides)

Arpit Gupta, New York University
Constantine Kontokosta, New York University
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER

Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Implications (slides)

Jason Barr, Rutgers University
Jan Brueckner, University of California at Irvine
Remi Jedwab, The George Washington University
Session II
10:00 am

The Price of Protection: Landlord-Tenant Regulations and the Decline in Rental Affordability, 1960-2017

Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER
Alanna F. Williams, University of Washington

The Price of Residential Land for Counties, ZIP codes, and Census Tracts in the United States (slides)

Morris Davis, Rutgers University
William Larson, U.S, Department of the Treasury
Stephen D. Oliner, American Enterprise Institute
Jessica Shui, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Session III
11:00 am

Neighborhood Choice, Information, and the Value of Amenities (slides)

Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

The Microgeography of Housing Supply

Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
Lu Han, University of Wisconsin at Madison
12:00 pm
Round Table Discussion on COVID-19 and Cities
Ingrid Ellen, New York University
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Kelsey Jack, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER
Diego Puga, CEMFI
FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes (with the co-author responding on chat), discussants will have 10 minutes, the remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A moderated by the organizer
Session I: The Economics of Agglomeration
1:00 pm

Productivity, Place, and Plants: Revisiting the Measurement

Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Oren Ziv, Michigan State University

Discussant:
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
1:40 pm

Cities and Technology Cycles

Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Martí Mestieri, Institut d'Analisi Economica - CSIC

Discussant:
Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
2:20 pm

Spatial Economics for Granular Settings

Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:10 pm

The Returns to Serendipity: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley

David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
M. Keith Chen, University of California at Los Angeles
Anton Popov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:50 pm

Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms

Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER
Yan Li, Baruch College
Lin Peng, Baruch College
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
Dexin Zhou, Baruch College

Discussant:
Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 pm

Social Capital and Labor Market Networks (slides)

Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Judith K. Hellerstein, University of Maryland and NBER
Mark Kutzbach, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Discussant:
Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
5:10 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 24
Session II: Urban History
8:30 am

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

Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
9:10 am

Immigrants, Industries, and Path Dependence

Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI

Discussant:
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau (slides)
Session III: Urban Policy
10:00 am

School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program

Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics
10:40 am

Is Spending on Schools Valuable and Efficient? A National Study of the Capitalization of School Spending and Local Taxes

Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER
Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER
Kenneth Whaley, University of South Florida

Discussant:
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:20 am

Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data

Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College
Alexa Grunwaldt, University of Chicago
Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau
Derek Wu, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Brendan O'Flaherty, Columbia University (slides)
12:00 pm

Homeownership, Labor Supply, and Neighborhood Quality (slides)

Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University
Tamar Ramot, Bank of Israel and Hebrew University
Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel

Discussant:
Denise DiPasquale, City Research
12:40 pm
Break
Session IV: Transportation
1:00 pm

Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity (slides)

Caitlin S. Gorback, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant:
Jonathan Hall, Uber
1:40 pm

When Safety Messages Make Us Less Safe: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Messages (slides)

Jonathan Hall, The University of Alabama
Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota

Discussant:
Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago (slides)
2:20 pm

National Transportation Networks, Market Access, and Regional Economic Growth

Ian L. Herzog, Huron University College

Discussant:
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER (slides)
Session V: Developing World Cities
3:00 pm

Enforcing Payment for Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi’s Slums (slides)

Aidan Coville, World Bank
Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland and NBER
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
3:40 pm

Transportation, Gentrification, and Urban Mobility: The Inequality Effects of Place-Based Policies

Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics
Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
Bilal Siddiqi, The Life You Can Save

Discussant:
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
4:20 pm

Migration Costs and Observational Returns to Migration in the Developing World

David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER
Michael E. Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 pm

Factor Allocation, Informality, and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City (slides)

Roman Zarate, The World Bank

Discussant:
Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:40 pm
Adjourn
FORMAT: ALL PRESENTERS HAVE 20 MINUTES
ALL DISCUSSANTS HAVE 10 MINUTES
Saturday, December 5
4:15 pm

Spatial Economics for Granular Settings (slides)

Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER