SI 2020 Development of the American Economy

Kris James Mitchener, John Parman, and Allison Shertzer, Organizers

July 6-9, 2020

on Zoom.us

Monday, July 6
12:00 pm	Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis and NBER Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Brian Beach, Vanderbilt University and NBER Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER Censorship, Family Planning, and the Historical Fertility Transition (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen Hui Ren Tan, National University of Singapore How the Other Half Dies: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Kilian Rieder, CEPR Should Monetary Policy Lean Against the Wind? Quasi-experimental Evidence from Federal Reserve Policies in 1920-21 (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Pooyan Amir-Ahmadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gustavo S. Cortes, University of Florida Marc D. Weidenmier, Chapman University and NBER Regional Monetary Policies and the Great Depression (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 pm	Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER Martin Rotemberg, New York University Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER Dustin Frye, University of Wisconsin - Madison The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households during the Assimilation Era (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Xiao Wang, Carnegie Mellon University The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Egg-Timer Sessions (10 minutes each)
	Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Mark Koyama, George Mason University Youhong Lin, Xiamen University Tuan-Hwee Sng, National University of Singapore Fractured-Land and Political Fragmentation (slides)
	Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER Claire Montialoux, University of California at Berkeley Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality (slides)
	William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER Working Their Way Up? US Immigrants' Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration (slides)
	Theodore F. Figinski, U.S. Department of the Treasury Erin E. Troland, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country (slides)
	Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau Was the Arsenal of Democracy an Engine of Mobility? Public Investment and the Roots of Mid-century Manufacturing Opportunity (slides)
5:15 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour
Wednesday, July 8
12:00 pm	Scott Kim, University of Pennsylvania Petra Moser, New York University and NBER Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER Mara P. Squicciarini, Bocconi University Nico Voigtländer, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth During the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from France (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Tania Babina, Columbia University and NBER Asaf Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER Crisis Innovation (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Capital Markets and Colonial Institutions in China (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Mathieu Pedemonte, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Fireside Chats: Communication and Consumer Expectations in the Great Depression (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour
Thursday, July 9
12:00 pm	Michele Rosenberg Federico Masera, University of New South Wales Tell Me What You Grow and I’ll Tell You What You Think: Westward Expansion and the Politics of Slavery in the US South (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Matti Mitrunen, University of Helsinki Structural Change and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the FinnishWar Reparations (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Nonso Obikili, United Nations Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER World War II and Black Economic Progress (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Dynamics and Spillovers of Management Interventions: Evidence from the Training Within Industry Program (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour