
	Thursday, April 4
	Lunch
	Opening remarks/introductions
1:00 pm	Local Energy Access and Industry Location - Evidence from World War II Emergency Pipelines Jacob Greenspon, University of Oxford Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER Discussant: Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
	Break
2:00 pm	Assessing the Effects of the WWII Bond Drives on Household Savings (slides) Gillian Brunet, Smith College Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER Matthew S. Jaremski, Utah State University and NBER Discussant: Ahmed Rahman, Lehigh University
	Break
3:00 pm	Did War Mobilization Cause Regional Development? Taylor Jaworski, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Dongkyu C. Yang, University of Colorado Boulder Discussant: Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
	Break
4:00 pm	Rosie's Kids: Exposure to Preschool 1942-46 and Later-Life Outcomes Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER Katie R. Genadek, U.S. Census Bureau Discussant: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
	Adjourn
	Dinner at Royal Sonesta Hotel (Parkview Room)
	Friday, April 5
	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Speaker: Alexander Field, Santa Clara University Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War
	Break
10:00 am	The Labor Earnings Distribution during World War II Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and NBER Christopher Vickers, Auburn University Discussant: Andrew A. Bossie, New Jersey City University
	Break
11:00 am	Who Benefited from World War II Service and the GI Bill? New Evidence on Heterogeneous Effects for US Veterans William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER Discussant: Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Lunch
1:30 pm	Why Did the Unemployment Rate Rise So Little at the End of WWII? Shigeru Fujita, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER Tal Roded, University of California, San Diego Discussant: Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University and NBER
	Break
2:30 pm	The Effects of WWII on the Longevity of the Black Population in the US (slides) Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Tommy Morgan, University of Tennessee William Wygal, University of California at Los Angeles Discussant: Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
	Break
3:30 pm	Racial Inequities Among World War II Veterans in Old Age Sergio E. Barrera, Virginia Tech Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER Misty L. Heggeness, University of Kansas Discussant: Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
	Adjourn
4:22 pm	World War II and Economic Distortions Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University and NBER Marc D. Weidenmier, Chapman University and NBER

Participants

Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
Sergio E. Barrera, Virginia Tech
Andrew A. Bossie, New Jersey City University
Gillian Brunet, Smith College
Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER
Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Alexander Field, Santa Clara University
Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Shigeru Fujita, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Katie R. Genadek, U.S. Census Bureau
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University and NBER
Jacob Greenspon, University of Oxford
Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER

Misty L. Heggeness, University of Kansas
Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER
Taylor Jaworski, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
Ralf Meisenzahl, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Tommy Morgan, University of Tennessee
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Ahmed Rahman, Lehigh University
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
Tal Roded, University of California, San Diego
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
Christopher Vickers, Auburn University
William Wygal, University of California at Los Angeles
Dongkyu C. Yang, University of Colorado Boulder
Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and NBER
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER