SI 2022 Development of the American Economy

Katherine Eriksson, Martin Fiszbein, Christopher M. Meissner, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins, Organizers

July 11-14, 2022

Skyline Room ABC

Format: Paper presentations 50 minutes, Egg timers 10 minutes

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:50 am
Introductions
9:00 am
Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University and NBER
Lukas Rosenberger, LMU Munich
Carl Hallmann, Northwestern University

Why Britain? The Right Place (in the Technology Space) at the Right Time
10:00 am
Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich

Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution (slides)
11:00 am
Sacha Dray, The World Bank
Camille Landais, London School of Economics
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER

Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States
12:00 pm
Egg timers
Federico Masera, University of New South Wales
Michele Rosenberg, Essex University
Sarah Walker, University of New South Wales

The Civil War and Anti-Black Narratives: The Effect of War Casualties on Racial Violence and Attitudes in the US South
Luca Perdoni, ifo Institute - LMU
Disa M. Hynsjo, Yale University

The Effects of Federal “Redlining” Maps: a Novel Estimation Strategy
Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Yiling Zhao, Peking University

Home Economics and Women's Gateway to Science
Moshe Hazan, Monash University
David Weiss, Tel Aviv University
Hosny Zoabi, New Economic School

Women's Liberation, Household Revolution
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Lydia Cox, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Miguel Acosta, Federal Reserve Board

The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm
Paul Bouscasse, Sciences Po

Canst Thou Beggar Thy Neighbour? Evidence from the 1930s
Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal
Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation (slides)
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 12
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Eric C. Edwards, University of California Davis
Wally Thurman, North Carolina State University

The Role of Drainage in the Development of Agriculture in United States 1850-1969 (slides)
10:00 am
Jacob French, Arizona State University

Technological Change, Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Case of Early 20th Century Agriculture
11:00 am
Jacob Moscona, Harvard University

Environmental Catastrophe and the Direction of Invention: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl
12:00 pm
Egg timers
Matthew S. Jaremski, Utah State University and NBER
Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Angela Vossmeyer, Claremont McKenna College and NBER

FDR’s Bank Holiday: A Controlled Burn or Government Over-Reach?
Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland and NBER
Luis F. Jaramillo, University of Maryland
Mateo Uribe-Castro, Universidad de los Andes

Free-riding the Yankees: Manufacturing Productivity in Canada before and after the Panama Canal
Gustavo J. Bobonis, University of Toronto

Development and Decay: Political Organization and Municipal Corruption in Puerto Rico, 1952-2015
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University
Matia Vannoni, King's College London

More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Sascha O. Becker, Monash University
Volker Lindenthal, University of Munich
Sharun Mukand, University of Warwick
Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich

Scholars at Risk: Academic Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER

Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment
3:45 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 13
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Rui Esteves, Geneva Graduate Institute
Kris James Mitchener, Santa Clara University and NBER
Peter Nencka, Miami University and NBER
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER

Do Pandemics Change Healthcare Preferences? Evidence from the Great Influenza
10:00 am
Ahmed Rahman, Lehigh University
Melanie E. Guldi, University of Central Florida

Little Divergence in America — Market Access and Demographic Transition in the United States
11:00 am
"Sam" Il Myoung Hwang, University of British Columbia
Arkadev Ghosh, Duke University
Munir Squires, University of British Columbia

Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from US Bans on Cousin Marriage
12:00 pm
Egg timers
Jeremiah Dittmar, London School of Economics
Luis Bosshart, London School of Economics

Pandemic Shock and Economic Divergence: Political Economy Before and After the Black Death
Guillaume Blanc, The University of Manchester

Demographic Change and Development Using Crowdsourced Genealogies
Ezra Karger, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Peter Nencka, Miami University and NBER

The Democratization of Opportunity: The Effects of the U.S. High School Movement
John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland and NBER

Party Systems and Modern Development (slides)
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Michael Coury, University of Pittsburgh
Toru Kitagawa, Brown University
Allison Shertzer, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and NBER
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER

The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm
Leah Brooks, George Washington University
Jonathan Rose, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute

Destruction, Policy, and the Evolving Consequences of Washington, DC's 1968 Civil Disturbance
3:45 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 14
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Nicolas L. Ziebarth, Auburn University and NBER
Chris Vickers, Auburn University

The Effects of the National War Labor Board on Labor Income Inequality
10:00 am
Vellore Arthi, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis and NBER
Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Labor Market Scarring in the Very Long Run: Evidence from Large-Scale Longitudinal Microdata
11:00 am
Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley
Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Strengthening State Capacity: Postal Reform and Innovation during the Gilded Age
11:50 am
Adjourn and lunch