SI 2017 Development of the American Economy

Leah Platt Boustan, William J. Collins, and Matthew S. Jaremski, Organizers

July 10-13, 2017

Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 10
8:15 am
Shuttle bus from the Royal Sonesta Hotel
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Introductions
9:10 am
Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER
Wendy Rahn, University of Minnesota

Asset Ownership and Political Partisanship: Liberty Bonds and Republican Electoral Success in the 1920s
10:05 am
Kris James Mitchener, Santa Clara University and NBER
Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Masanori Takashima, Tokyo University

Swords into Bank Shares: Finance, Conflict and Political Reform in Japan
10:55 am
Break
11:10 am
Konrad B. Burchardi, IIES, Stockholm University
Thomas Chaney, Sciences Po
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER

Migrants, Ancestors, and Foreign Investors
12:00 noon
Lunch
Graduate student posters will be available every lunch period
Edward Fox, University of Michigan
Maggie Jones, Queen's University
Sun Kyoung Lee, Columbia University
Erin L. McGuire, University of Arizona
Eduardo J. Montero, Harvard University
Keith Myers, University of Arizona
1:00 pm
EGG-TIMER SESSION I
Alex Hollingsworth, The Ohio State University and NBER
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER

A Gift of Health: The Duke Endowment's Impact on Health Care in the Carolinas, 1925-1940
Casper W. Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Peter S. Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
Peter Egedesø Madsen, University of Southern Denmark

Preventing the White Death: Tuberculosis Dispensaries
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Explaining the Antebellum Puzzle: Market Access, Food Prices, and Stature in the United States, 1820--1847
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis and NBER
Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER

Causes and Consequences of Nativism in the US: Evidence from the Know-Nothing Party
1:40 pm
Reka Juhasz, University of British Columbia and NBER
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Drivers of Fragmented Production Chains: Evidence from the 19th century
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER

Gallman Revisited: Blacksmithing and American Manufacturing, 1850-1880
3:40 pm
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER

The Ties that Bind: Railroad Gauge Standards, Collusion, and Internal Trade in the 19th Century U.S.
4:30 pm
Adjourn
4:40 pm
Shuttle bus to the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Tuesday, July 11
8:15 am
Shuttle bus from the Royal Sonesta Hotel
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Bryan Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Evan J. Taylor, University of Arizona

Social Interactions and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
9:55 am
Edward l. Kosack, Xavier University
Zachary A. Ward, Baylor University and NBER

The Uneven Economic Advance of Mexican Americans Before World War II
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Daniel Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of the 1930s HOLC “Redlining” Maps
11:50 am
Lunch
Graduate student posters will be available every lunch period
12:50 pm
EGG-TIMER SESSION II
Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER
Kenneth A. Snowden, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER
Jonathan Rose, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Sebastián Fleitas, Universidad Catolica, Chile

Mortgage Foreclosure Overhangs and the Slow Recovery During the 1930s
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Samuel A. Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Mesay Melese Gebresilasse, Amherst College and NBER

Frontier Culture: Historical Roots and Persistence of "Rugged Individualism" in the United States
Alan Seals, Auburn University
Chris Vickers, Auburn University
Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and NBER

Closing the Wage Gap: The War Labor Board's Effect on Inequality in the Short and Long Run
Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Margarita Portnykh, Carnegie Mellon University

When Are Resources Curses and Blessings? Evidence From the United States 1880-2012
Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University and NBER
Rajeev H. Dehejia, New York University and NBER
Daniel Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Andrew Jordan, Washington University in St. Louis
Cyrus Samii, New York University
Karl Schulze, Princeton University

The Effect of Fertility on Mothers’ Labor Supply over the Last Two Centuries
2:00 pm
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado at Boulder and NBER

Social Mobility in the Long-Run: An Analysis with Five Linked Generations in China, 1300-1900
2:50 pm
Adjourn
3:00 pm
Shuttle bus to the Royal Sonesta Hotel
3:45 pm
Special Methods Lecture at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner Honoring Claudia Goldin
MIT Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, 7th floor
Wednesday, July 12
8:15 am
Shuttle bus from the Royal Sonesta Hotel
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Peter Koudijs, University of Rotterdam
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

For Richer, For Poorer: Banker's Skin-in-the-game and Risk Taking in New England, 1867-1880
9:55 am
Mark Carlson, Federal Reserve Board
Burcu Duygan, Federal Reserve Board

“Unconventional” Monetary Policy as Conventional Monetary Policy: A Perspective from the U.S. in the 1920s
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Òscar Jordà, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Björn Richter, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy & Sciences Po
Alan M. Taylor, Columbia University and NBER

Bank Capital Redux: Solvency, Liquidity, and Crisis
11:50 am
Lunch
Graduate student posters will be available every lunch period
12:10 pm
Book talk over lunch by Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy
1:00 pm
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER

The Long-Run Effects of Childhood Insurance Coverage: Medicaid Implementation, Adult Health, and Labor Market Outcomes
1:55 pm
Esra Kose, University of California, Merced
Elira Kuka, George Washington University and NBER
Na'ama Shenhav, Dartmouth College and NBER

Women’s Enfranchisement and Children’s Education: The Long-Run Impact of the U.S. Suffrage Movement
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Allison Shertzer, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and NBER
Ethan Schmick, Marquette University

The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States
3:50 pm
Adjourn
4:00 pm
Shuttle bus to the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Ballroom B/ West Tower)
Thursday, July 13
8:15 am
Shuttle bus from the Royal Sonesta Hotel
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
David S. Jacks, National University of Singapore
Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER

Infant Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition
9:55 am
Brian B. Beach, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER
Martin H. Saavedra, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Fetal Origins Hypothesis: Evidence from Linked Data
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER
Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER

Does Civic Leadership Matter? Evidence from the Forty-Eighters in the U.S.
11:50 am
Lunch and Adjourn