SI 2021 Development of the American Economy
Organized by Christopher M. Meissner, John Parman, Allison Shertzer, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins
July 12-15, 2021
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 12
12:00 noon

The Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020

Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Chi Hyun Kim, Humboldt University Berlin
Moritz Kuhn, University of Mannheim
Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Self-Emancipation and Progressive Politics: The Legacy of Civil War Refugee Camps

Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Covenants (slides)

Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto
William Speagle, University of Connecticut
Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, University of Minnesota
2:45 pm
Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm

Waves of Empowerment: Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement (slides)

Tianyi Wang, University of Toronto and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm

Collective Bargaining Rights, Policing, and Civilian Deaths (slides)

Donna Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin
Rob Gillezeau, University of Toronto
5:15 pm
Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Tuesday, July 13
12:00 noon

The Intergenerational Incidence of Government Old-Age Support: Evidence from the Early Social Security Era

Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER
Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Mobility for All: Representative Intergenerational Mobility Estimates over the 20th Century

Elisa Jacome, Northwestern University and NBER
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Automation and the Future of Young Workers: Evidence from Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century (slides)

James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
2:45 pm
Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm

A Gift of Health: The Duke Endowment’s Impact on Hospital Care and Mortality (slides)

Alex Hollingsworth, The Ohio State University and NBER
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
Anthony Wray, University of Southern Denmark
4:15 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Egg-Timer Sessions (10 minutes each)

Differences in Black and White Access to New Deal Work Relief

Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER
Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
Evan J. Taylor, University of Arizona

A Vaccination Scar: The Cutter Incident and Medical Mistrust in America (slides)

Kate Fairley, University of Victoria
Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER
David Rosé, Wilfrid Laurier University

Income Shocks and Housing Spillovers: Evidence from the World War I Veterans' Bonus

Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Learning is Caring: Soil Heterogeneity, Social Learning and the Formation of Close-knit Communities (slides)

Itzchak T. Raz, Hebrew University

The Price of Nails since 1695: What Can We Learn form Prices of a Simple, Manufactured Product? (slides)

Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Wednesday, July 14
12:00 noon

Export-Led Decay: The Trade Channel in the Gold Standard Era (slides)

Bernardo A. Candia, University of California, Berkeley
Mathieu Pedemonte, Inter-American Development Bank
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Repeal of the Corn Laws (slides)

Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Monetizing the Economy: National Banks and Local Economic Development

Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
He Yang, Harvard University
2:45 pm
Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm

Politics, Regulation, and Economic Stability: Evidence from Progressive Era Bankruptcy and Banking Reforms

Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Marco Del Angel, University of California, Irvine
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm

Access to Finance and Technological Innovation: Evidence from Antebellum America

Yifei Mao, Santa Clara University
Jessie Jiaxu Wang, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
5:15 pm
Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Thursday, July 15
12:00 noon

How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the U.S. Gender Gap

Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Thomas E. Helgerman, University of Minnesota
Bryan Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
12:45 pm
Break
1:00 pm

The Economics of Gender-Specific Minimum-Wage Legislation (slides)

Michael Poyker, University of Texas at Austin
Riccardo Marchingiglio, Northwestern University
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

The Costs of Employment Segregation: Evidence from the Federal Government under Woodrow Wilson

Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:45 pm
Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm

Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite (slides)

Valerie R. Michelman, University of Delaware
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER
Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm

Who Benefits from Meritocracy?

Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
5:15 pm
Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour