Katherine Eriksson, Martin Fiszbein, Joshua K. Hausman, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
| Monday, July 10 |
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Introductions
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9:10 am
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Why Women Won
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10:00 am
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The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African American Siblings in 1870–1940
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10:50 am
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Break
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11:10 am
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Efficient OCR for Building a Diverse Digital History
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12:00 pm
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Egg Timers
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Inflation, World War II Bond Ownership, and the Rise of Republicans (slides)
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The Impact of Federal Housing Policies on Racial Inequality: The Case of the Federal Housing Administration
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Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation: Evidence From US Inventors, 1895-1925
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Home Mortgage Lending across Race and Place: New Evidence from the 1940 Censuses of Population and Housing (slides)
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12:50 pm
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Lunch
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1:50 pm
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Was Free Soil Magic Dirt? Endowments versus Institutions
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2:40 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery
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4:40 pm
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Adjourn
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| Tuesday, July 11 |
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Revisiting the Link between Electrification and Fertility: Evidence from the Early 20th Century United States
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9:50 am
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America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation
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11:50 am
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Egg Timers
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Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions
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Medical School Closures and Health Care Market Adjustment in the Flexner Report Era (slides)
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Modernization and the Rise of Individualism
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The Impact of Violence during the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States
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12:30 pm
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Lunch
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1:20 pm
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Surname Diversity, Social Ties and Innovation
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2:10 pm
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Break
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2:20 pm
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Economic Identities and The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial in the US
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3:10 pm
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Adjourn
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| Wednesday, July 12 |
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Religion and the Rise and Fall of Islamic Science
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9:50 am
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When Did Growth Begin? New Estimates of Productivity Growth in England from 1250 to 1870
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:10 am
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Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of State Mandates for General Laws
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12:00 pm
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Egg Timers
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Indigenous Wealth in the Early 20th Century (slides)
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Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming (slides)
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What Makes Effective Leaders? Evidence from Civil War Captains and their Soldiers
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State of the Art: Economic Change Through the Lens of Paintings
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12:50 pm
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Lunch
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1:50 pm
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Agglomeration Over the Long Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars
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2:40 pm
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Break
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3:00 pm
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State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years
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3:50 pm
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One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Productivity Growth
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4:40 pm
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Adjourn
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| Thursday, July 13 |
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy
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9:50 am
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Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:10 am
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Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogy Data
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12:00 pm
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Adjourn and Lunch
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