SI 2019 Urban Economics

Edward L. Glaeser, Organizer

July 25-26, 2019

Hotel Marlowe, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 24
6:00 pm
Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (Muse Salon)
Sponsored by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School and the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School
Thursday, July 25
7:50 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Real Estate Economics
8:20 am

The Current Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: Evidence from a New Wharton Index
Discussant: Ingrid Ellen, New York University
9:10 am

Affordable Housing and City Welfare
Discussant: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
10:00 am
Break
10:20 am

The Long-Run Effects of Low-Income Housing on Neighborhood Composition (slides)
Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
11:10 am

Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Neighborhood Choice Among Housing Voucher Recipients
Discussant: Katherine O'Regan, New York University
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm

All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
Discussant: Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
1:30 pm

In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities
Discussant: Denise Dipasquale, Harvard University
2:15 pm

Delineating Urban Areas Using Building Density
Discussant: Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:00 pm

Infrastructure Costs
Discussant: Karen Dynan, Harvard University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

Competition and Quality Gains: New Evidence from High-Speed Railways and Airlines
Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 26
7:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:00 am

Trickle-Down Housing Economics
Discussant: Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
8:50 am

Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution
Discussant: David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
9:40 am

Labor Market Polarization and The Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, Center for Research in International Economics
10:30 am
Break
10:40 am

Can We Save the American Dream? A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of School Financing on Local Opportunities
Discussant: Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER
11:30 am

Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
Discussant: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death
Discussant: Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
1:50 pm

The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China
Discussant: David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
2:40 pm

Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development
Discussant: Filipe R. Campante, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
3:30 pm

Does Electrification Cause Industrial Development? Grid Expansion and Firm Turnover in Indonesia
Discussant: Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
4:20 pm
Adjourn