SI 2020 Urban Economics

Edward L. Glaeser, Organizer

July 23-24, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

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 (slides)
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 (slides)
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
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 (slides)
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 (slides)
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
Lu Han, University of Wisconsin at Madison

The Microgeography of Housing Supply
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
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
Discussant: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
1:40 pm
Enrico Berkes, The Ohio State University
Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Cities and Technology Cycles
Discussant: Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
2:20 pm
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago and NBER

Spatial Economics for Granular Settings
Discussant: Thomas J. Holmes, University of Minnesota and NBER
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
Discussant: Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER
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
Discussant: Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
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 (slides)
Discussant: Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
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
Discussant: Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
9:10 am
Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI

Immigrants, Industries, and Path Dependence
Discussant: Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau (slides)
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
Discussant: Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics
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
Discussant: Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:20 am
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Angela Wyse, University of Chicago
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
Discussant: Brendan O'Flaherty, Columbia University (slides)
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 (slides)
Discussant: Denise DiPasquale, City Research
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 (slides)
Discussant: Jonathan Hall, Uber
1:40 pm
Jonathan Hall, University of Toronto
Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota

When Safety Messages Make Us Less Safe: Evidence from Traffic Fatality Messages (slides)
Discussant: Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago (slides)
2:20 pm
Ian L. Herzog, Huron University College

National Transportation Networks, Market Access, and Regional Economic Growth
Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER (slides)
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 (slides)
Discussant: Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
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
Discussant: Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
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
Discussant: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 pm
Roman Zarate, The World Bank

Factor Allocation, Informality, and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City (slides)
Discussant: Clare A. Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:40 pm
Adjourn
FORMAT: ALL PRESENTERS HAVE 20 MINUTES
ALL DISCUSSANTS HAVE 10 MINUTES
Saturday, December 5
4:15 pm
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago and NBER

Spatial Economics for Granular Settings (slides)