SI 2023 Development of the American Economy
Organized by Katherine Eriksson, Martin Fiszbein, Joshua K. Hausman, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins
July 10-13, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
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
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, National Bureau of Economic Research
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, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
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, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internactional
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, Johns Hopkins 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 Bank of Richmond
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, College Park 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, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University
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, College Park
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 Bocconi 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, University of California, Los Angeles
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