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
| Monday, July 11 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 8:50 am | Introductions | |
| 9:00 am |
Why Britain? The Right Place (in the Technology Space) at the Right Time |
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| 10:00 am |
Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution |
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| 11:00 am |
Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States |
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| 12:00 pm | Egg timers | |
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The Civil War and Anti-Black Narratives: The Effect of War Casualties on Racial Violence and Attitudes in the US South |
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The Effects of Federal “Redlining” Maps: a Novel Estimation Strategy |
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Home Economics and Women's Gateway to Science |
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Women's Liberation, Household Revolution |
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| 12:50 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:50 pm |
The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications |
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |
| 2:55 pm |
Canst Thou Beggar Thy Neighbour? Evidence from the 1930s |
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Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| Tuesday, July 12 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
The Role of Drainage in the Development of Agriculture in United States 1850-1969 |
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| 10:00 am |
Technological Change, Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Case of Early 20th Century Agriculture |
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| 11:00 am |
Environmental Catastrophe and the Direction of Invention: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl |
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| 12:00 pm | Egg timers | |
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FDR’s Bank Holiday: A Controlled Burn or Government Over-Reach? |
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Free-riding the Yankees: Manufacturing Productivity in Canada before and after the Panama Canal |
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Development and Decay: Political Organization and Municipal Corruption in Puerto Rico, 1952-2015 |
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More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States |
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| 12:50 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:50 pm |
Scholars at Risk: Academic Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany |
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |
| 2:55 pm |
Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment |
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| 3:45 pm | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, July 13 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
Do Pandemics Change Healthcare Preferences? Evidence from the Great Influenza |
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| 10:00 am |
Little Divergence in America — Market Access and Demographic Transition in the United States |
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| 11:00 am |
Economic Consequences of Kinship: Evidence from US Bans on Cousin Marriage |
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| 12:00 pm | Egg timers | |
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Pandemic Shock and Economic Divergence: Political Economy Before and After the Black Death |
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Demographic Change and Development Using Crowdsourced Genealogies |
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The Democratization of Opportunity: The Effects of the U.S. High School Movement |
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Party Systems and Modern Development |
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| 12:50 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:50 pm |
The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago |
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |
| 2:55 pm |
Destruction, Policy, and the Evolving Consequences of Washington, DC's 1968 Civil Disturbance |
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| 3:45 pm | Adjourn | |
| Thursday, July 14 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
The Effects of the National War Labor Board on Labor Income Inequality |
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| 10:00 am |
Labor Market Scarring in the Very Long Run: Evidence from Large-Scale Longitudinal Microdata |
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| 11:00 am |
Strengthening State Capacity: Postal Reform and Innovation during the Gilded Age |
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| 11:50 am | Adjourn and lunch | |