SI 2021 Development of the American Economy

Christopher M. Meissner, John Parman, Allison Shertzer, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins, Organizers

July 12-15, 2021

Monday, July 12
12:00 noon	Ellora Derenoncourt, Princeton University and NBER Chi Hyun Kim, University of Bonn Moritz Kuhn, University of Mannheim Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy & Sciences Po The Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College Self-Emancipation and Progressive Politics: The Legacy of Civil War Refugee Camps
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto William Speagle, University of Connecticut Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, University of Minnesota Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Covenants (slides)
2:45 pm	Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm	Tianyi Wang, University of Toronto and NBER Waves of Empowerment: Black Radio and the Civil Rights Movement (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Donna Feir, University of Victoria and NBER Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin Rob Gillezeau, University of Toronto Collective Bargaining Rights, Policing, and Civilian Deaths (slides)
5:15 pm	Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Tuesday, July 13
12:00 noon	Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The Intergenerational Incidence of Government Old-Age Support: Evidence from the Early Social Security Era
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Elisa Jacome, Northwestern University and NBER Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER Mobility for All: Representative Intergenerational Mobility Estimates over the 20th Century
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER Automation and the Future of Young Workers: Evidence from Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century (slides)
2:45 pm	Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm	Alex Hollingsworth, The Ohio State University and NBER Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER Anthony Wray, University of Southern Denmark A Gift of Health: The Duke Endowment’s Impact on Hospital Care and Mortality (slides)
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Egg-Timer Sessions (10 minutes each)
	Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College and NBER Evan J. Taylor, University of Arizona Differences in Black and White Access to New Deal Work Relief
	Kate Fairley, University of Victoria Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER David Rosé, Wilfrid Laurier University A Vaccination Scar: The Cutter Incident and Medical Mistrust in America (slides)
	Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER Income Shocks and Housing Spillovers: Evidence from the World War I Veterans' Bonus
	Itzchak T. Raz, Hebrew University Learning is Caring: Soil Heterogeneity, Social Learning and the Formation of Close-knit Communities (slides)
	Daniel E. Sichel, Wellesley College and NBER The Price of Nails since 1695: What Can We Learn form Prices of a Simple, Manufactured Product? (slides)
5:30 pm	Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Wednesday, July 14
12:00 noon	Bernardo A. Candia, University of California, Berkeley Mathieu Pedemonte, Inter-American Development Bank Export-Led Decay: The Trade Channel in the Gold Standard Era (slides)
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol The Distributional Consequences of Trade: Evidence from the Repeal of the Corn Laws (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER He Yang, Harvard University Monetizing the Economy: National Banks and Local Economic Development
2:45 pm	Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm	Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER Marco Del Angel, University of California, Irvine Politics, Regulation, and Economic Stability: Evidence from Progressive Era Bankruptcy and Banking Reforms
4:00 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Yifei Mao, Cornell University Jessie Jiaxu Wang, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Access to Finance and Technological Innovation: Evidence from Antebellum America
5:15 pm	Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour
Thursday, July 15
12:00 noon	Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Thomas E. Helgerman, University of Minnesota Bryan Stuart, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the U.S. Gender Gap
12:45 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Michael Poyker, University of Texas at Austin Riccardo Marchingiglio, Northwestern University The Economics of Gender-Specific Minimum-Wage Legislation (slides)
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Costs of Employment Segregation: Evidence from the Federal Government under Woodrow Wilson
2:45 pm	Break with breakout rooms
3:15 pm	Valerie R. Michelman, University of Delaware Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER Who Benefits from Meritocracy?
5:15 pm	Adjourn and Happy Half-Hour