SI 2020 Urban Economics
Edward L. Glaeser, Organizer
July 23-24, 2020
on Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 23 | ||||
| FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes to show the research, immediately followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice one or two questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. During Q&A the moderator will select participants from the Zoom chat to voice their questions | ||||
| Morning Session is Joint with Real Estate | ||||
| Session I | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Arpit Gupta, New York University Constantine Kontokosta, New York University Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects |
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Jason Barr, Rutgers University Jan Brueckner, University of California at Irvine Remi Jedwab, George Washington University Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Implications |
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| Session II | ||||
| 10:00 am |
Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER Alanna F. Williams, University of Washington The Price of Protection: Landlord-Tenant Regulations and the Decline in Rental Affordability, 1960-2017 |
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Morris Davis, Rutgers University William Larson, U.S, Department of the Treasury Stephen D. Oliner, American Enterprise Institute Jessica Shui, Federal Housing Finance Agency The Price of Residential Land for Counties, ZIP codes, and Census Tracts in the United States |
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| Session III | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Neighborhood Choice, Information, and the Value of Amenities |
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Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto Lu Han, University of Wisconsin at Madison The Microgeography of Housing Supply |
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| 12:00 pm |
Round Table Discussion on COVID-19 and Cities Ingrid Ellen, New York University Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Kelsey Jack, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER Diego Puga, CEMFI |
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| FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes (with the co-author responding on chat), discussants will have 10 minutes, the remaining 10 minutes will be for Q&A moderated by the organizer | ||||
| Session I: The Economics of Agglomeration | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Benjamin Schoefer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Oren Ziv, Michigan State University Productivity, Place, and Plants: Revisiting the Measurement
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| 1:40 pm |
Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Cities and Technology Cycles
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| 2:20 pm |
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER Spatial Economics for Granular Settings
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:10 pm |
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER M. Keith Chen, University of California at Los Angeles Anton Popov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Returns to Serendipity: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley
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| 3:50 pm |
Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER Yan Li, Baruch College Lin Peng, Baruch College Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER Dexin Zhou, Baruch College Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms
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| 4:30 pm |
Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Judith K. Hellerstein, University of Maryland and NBER Mark Kutzbach, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER Social Capital and Labor Market Networks
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| 5:10 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Friday, July 24 | ||||
| Session II: Urban History | ||||
| 8:30 am |
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
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| 9:10 am |
Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI Immigrants, Industries, and Path Dependence
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| Session III: Urban Policy | ||||
| 10:00 am |
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program
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| 10:40 am |
Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER Kenneth Whaley, University of South Florida Is Spending on Schools Valuable and Efficient? A National Study of the Capitalization of School Spending and Local Taxes
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| 11:20 am |
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College Alexa Grunwaldt, University of Chicago Carla Medalia, U.S. Census Bureau Derek Wu, University of Virginia Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data
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| 12:00 pm |
Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University Tamar Ramot, Bank of Israel and Hebrew University Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel Homeownership, Labor Supply, and Neighborhood Quality
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| 12:40 pm | Break | |||
| Session IV: Transportation | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Caitlin S. Gorback, University of Texas at Austin Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity
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| 1:40 pm |
Jonathan Hall, University of Alabama Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota When Safety Messages Make Us Less Safe: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Messages
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| 2:20 pm |
Ian L. Herzog, Huron University College National Transportation Networks, Market Access, and Regional Economic Growth
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| Session V: Developing World Cities | ||||
| 3:00 pm |
Aidan Coville, World Bank Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland and NBER Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Enforcing Payment for Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi’s Slums
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| 3:40 pm |
Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gharad T. Bryan, London School of Economics Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER Bilal Siddiqi, The Life You Can Save Transportation, Gentrification, and Urban Mobility: The Inequality Effects of Place-Based Policies
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| 4:20 pm |
David Lagakos, Boston University and NBER Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER Michael E. Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER Migration Costs and Observational Returns to Migration in the Developing World
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| 5:00 pm |
Roman Zarate, The World Bank Factor Allocation, Informality, and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City
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| 5:40 pm | Adjourn | |||
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FORMAT: ALL PRESENTERS HAVE 20 MINUTES ALL DISCUSSANTS HAVE 10 MINUTES |
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| Saturday, December 5 | ||||
| 4:15 pm |
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER Spatial Economics for Granular Settings |
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