Development of the American Economy Program Meeting

Leah Platt Boustan and William J. Collins, Organizers

March 26, 2022

Cambridge, MA and on Zoom.us

Saturday, March 26
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER Thomas P. Pearson, Syracuse University Patrick A. Testa, Tulane University The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right
9:50 am	Break
10:00 am	Innessa Colaiacovo, Harvard University Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER The Development of the American Entrepreneurial Economy (slides)
10:50 am	Break
11:00 am	Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Bo Li, Tsinghua University Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance (slides)
11:50 am	Lunch - Parkview Room
1:00 pm	Hoyt Bleakley, University of Michigan and NBER Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER The Economic Effects of American Slavery: Tests at the Border
1:50 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Health Shocks of the Father and Longevity of the Children’s Children
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Lee J. Alston, Indiana University and NBER Marie Duggan, Keene State College Julio A. Ramos Pastrana, Pennsylvania State University Keeping the Faith: Spanish Missions and Their Impact on Native Americans in the Southwest and California
3:50 pm	Adjourn