
	Monday, July 10
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Introductions
9:10 am	Why Women Won Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am	The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African American Siblings in 1870–1940 Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER Jacob Conway, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business Roy Mill, Stanford University Luke C.D. Stein, Babson College
10:50 am	Break
11:10 am	Efficient OCR for Building a Diverse Digital History Jacob Carlson, Harvard University Thomas P. Bryan, NBER Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm	Egg Timers
	Inflation, World War II Bond Ownership, and the Rise of Republicans (slides) Gillian Brunet, Smith College Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER Matthew S. Jaremski, Utah State University and NBER
	The Impact of Federal Housing Policies on Racial Inequality: The Case of the Federal Housing Administration Omer Ali, University of Pittsburgh
	Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation: Evidence From US Inventors, 1895-1925 Davide M. Coluccia, Northwestern University Gaia Dossi, London School of Economics Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI
	Home Mortgage Lending across Race and Place: New Evidence from the 1940 Censuses of Population and Housing (slides) Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER Jonathan Rose, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Kenneth A. Snowden, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER Thomas Storrs, University of Virginia
12:50 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Was Free Soil Magic Dirt? Endowments versus Institutions Hoyt Bleakley, University of Michigan and NBER Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery Lukas Althoff, Stanford University Hugo Reichardt, CREI
4:40 pm	Adjourn
	Tuesday, July 11
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Revisiting the Link between Electrification and Fertility: Evidence from the Early 20th Century United States Daniela M. Vidart, University of Connecticut
9:50 am	America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER Sergio A. Correia, Federal Reserve Board Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Tom Zimmermann, University of Cologne
11:50 am	Egg Timers
	Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions Michele Rosenberg, Essex University Federico Curci, CUNEF Universidad
	Medical School Closures and Health Care Market Adjustment in the Flexner Report Era (slides) Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Grant Miller, Stanford University and NBER Margarita Portnykh, Carnegie Mellon University Ethan J. Schmick, Marquette University
	Modernization and the Rise of Individualism Anne Sofie B. Knudsen, University of Copenhagen
	The Impact of Violence during the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States David Escamilla-Guerrero, University of St Andrews Edward l. Kosack, Xavier University Zachary Ward, Baylor University and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:20 pm	Surname Diversity, Social Ties and Innovation Max Posch, University of Exeter Jonathan Schulz, George Mason University Joseph Henrich, Harvard University
2:10 pm	Break
2:20 pm	Economic Identities and The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial in the US Edgard Dewitte, University of Oxford
3:10 pm	Adjourn
	Wednesday, July 12
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Religion and the Rise and Fall of Islamic Science Eric Chaney, University of Oxford
9:50 am	When Did Growth Begin? New Estimates of Productivity Growth in England from 1250 to 1870 Paul Bouscasse, Sciences Po Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:40 am	Break
11:10 am	Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of State Mandates for General Laws Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland and NBER
12:00 pm	Egg Timers
	Indigenous Wealth in the Early 20th Century (slides) Donn. L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER Angela Redish, University of British Columbia
	Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming (slides) Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
	What Makes Effective Leaders? Evidence from Civil War Captains and their Soldiers Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
	State of the Art: Economic Change Through the Lens of Paintings Clément Gorin, University of Lyon Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol
12:50 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Agglomeration Over the Long Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland Amrita Kulka, New York University and University of Warwick
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER Nicola Mastrorocco, University of Bologna
3:50 pm	One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Productivity Growth Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
4:40 pm	Adjourn
	Thursday, July 13
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy Joe Long, Northwestern University Carlo Medici, Brown University Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
9:50 am	Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University
10:40 am	Break
11:10 am	Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogy Data Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Zachary Ward, Baylor University and NBER Haley E.B. Wilbert, University of Notre Dame
12:00 pm	Adjourn and Lunch

Participants

Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER
Omer Ali, University of Pittsburgh
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Lee J. Alston, Indiana University and NBER
Lukas Althoff, Stanford University
Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER
Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Vellore Arthi, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Brian Beach, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Asaf Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Hoyt Bleakley, University of Michigan and NBER
Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University and NBER
Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University and NBER
Paul Bouscasse, Sciences Po
Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER
Gillian Brunet, Smith College
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER
Tom Bryan, NBER
Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Jacob Carlson, Harvard University
Elizabeth U. Cascio, Dartmouth College and NBER
Eric Chaney, University of Oxford
Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University
Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Davide M. Coluccia, Northwestern University
Jacob Conway, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Federico Curci, CUNEF Universidad
Will Damron, Duke University
Joseph Davis, The Vanguard Group
Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
Edgard Dewitte, University of Oxford
Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER
Gaia Dossi, London School of Economics
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Shari Eli, University of Toronto and NBER
Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis and NBER
David Escamilla-Guerrero, University of St Andrews
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Donn L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
Mesay Gebresilasse, Amherst College and NBER
Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Michael R. Haines, Colgate University and NBER
Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER
Zeynep K. Hansen, Boise State University and NBER
Joshua K. Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
Leander Heldring, Northwestern University and NBER
Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Matthew S. Jaremski, Utah State University and NBER
Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER

Shawn Kantor, Florida State University and NBER
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
B. Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College and NBER
Carl Kitchens, Florida State University and NBER
Anne Sofie B. Knudsen, University of Copenhagen
Amrita Kulka, New York University and University of Warwick
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER
Trevon D. Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
Nicola Mastrorocco, University of Bologna
Carlo Medici, Brown University
Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis and NBER
Kris James Mitchener, Santa Clara University and NBER
Jessica Lee. Montgomery, University of Virginia
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
Aldo Musacchio, Brandeis University and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Larry D. Neal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
Elena Ojeda, University of California, Berkeley
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
Max Posch, University of Exeter
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Hugo Reichardt, CREI
Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER
Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University and NBER
Christina D. Romer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Michele Rosenberg, Essex University
Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Iowa State University and NBER
Ethan J. Schmick, Marquette University
Jonathan Schulz, George Mason University
Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER
Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland
Richard H. Steckel, The Ohio State University
Luke C.D. Stein, Babson College
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Thomas Storrs, University of Virginia
Richard Sylla, New York University and NBER
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
Alan M. Taylor, Columbia University and NBER
Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Daniela Vidart, University of Connecticut
Angela Vossmeyer, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland and NBER
Randall Walsh, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Tianyi Wang, University of Toronto and NBER
Zachary Ward, Baylor University and NBER
Thomas J. Weiss, University of Kansas and NBER
Eugene N. White, Rutgers University and NBER
Haley E.B. Wilbert, University of Notre Dame
Jhacova A. Williams, American University
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and NBER
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol