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	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, University of Wisconsin - Madison 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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER 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, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 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