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	Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Censorship, Family Planning, and the Historical Fertility Transition (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	How the Other Half Dies: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	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	Regional Monetary Policies and the Great Depression (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 pm	Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households during the Assimilation Era (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	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)
	Fractured-Land and Political Fragmentation (slides)
	Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality (slides)
	Working Their Way Up? US Immigrants' Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration (slides)
	Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country (slides)
	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	Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth During the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from France (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Crisis Innovation (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Capital Markets and Colonial Institutions in China (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Fireside Chats: Communication and Consumer Expectations in the Great Depression (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour
Thursday, July 9
12:00 pm	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	Structural Change and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the FinnishWar Reparations (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	World War II and Black Economic Progress (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Dynamics and Spillovers of Management Interventions: Evidence from the Training Within Industry Program (slides)
5:00 pm	Adjourn and Happy Hour