SI 2023 Development of the American Economy

Katherine Eriksson, Martin Fiszbein, Joshua K. Hausman, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins, Organizers

July 10-13, 2023

Skyline Room ABC

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Monday, July 10
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Introductions
9:10 am	Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER Why Women Won
10:00 am	Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER Jacob Conway, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business Roy Mill, Stanford University Luke C.D. Stein, Babson College The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African American Siblings in 1870–1940
10:50 am	Break
11:10 am	Jacob Carlson, Harvard University Thomas P. Bryan, NBER Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER Efficient OCR for Building a Diverse Digital History
12:00 pm	Egg Timers
	Gillian Brunet, Smith College Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER Matthew S. Jaremski, Utah State University and NBER Inflation, World War II Bond Ownership, and the Rise of Republicans (slides)
	Omer Ali, University of Pittsburgh The Impact of Federal Housing Policies on Racial Inequality: The Case of the Federal Housing Administration
	Davide M. Coluccia, Northwestern University Gaia Dossi, London School of Economics Sebastian Ottinger, CERGE-EI Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation: Evidence From US Inventors, 1895-1925
	Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER Jonathan Rose, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Kenneth A. Snowden, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER Thomas Storrs, University of Virginia Home Mortgage Lending across Race and Place: New Evidence from the 1940 Censuses of Population and Housing (slides)
12:50 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Hoyt Bleakley, University of Michigan and NBER Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER Was Free Soil Magic Dirt? Endowments versus Institutions
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Lukas Althoff, Stanford University Hugo Reichardt, CREI Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery
4:40 pm	Adjourn
Tuesday, July 11
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Daniela M. Vidart, University of Connecticut Revisiting the Link between Electrification and Fertility: Evidence from the Early 20th Century United States
9:50 am	Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University and NBER Sergio A. Correia, Federal Reserve Board Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Tom Zimmermann, University of Cologne The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation
11:50 am	Egg Timers
	Michele Rosenberg, Essex University Federico Curci, CUNEF Universidad Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions
	Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Grant Miller, Stanford University and NBER Margarita Portnykh, Carnegie Mellon University Ethan J. Schmick, Marquette University Medical School Closures and Health Care Market Adjustment in the Flexner Report Era (slides)
	Anne Sofie B. Knudsen, University of Copenhagen Modernization and the Rise of Individualism
	David Escamilla-Guerrero, University of St Andrews Edward l. Kosack, Xavier University Zachary Ward, Baylor University and NBER The Impact of Violence during the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:20 pm	Max Posch, University of Exeter Jonathan Schulz, George Mason University Joseph Henrich, Harvard University Surname Diversity, Social Ties and Innovation
2:10 pm	Break
2:20 pm	Edgard Dewitte, University of Oxford Economic Identities and The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial in the US
3:10 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 12
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Eric Chaney, University of Oxford Religion and the Rise and Fall of Islamic Science
9:50 am	Paul Bouscasse, Sciences Po Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER When Did Growth Begin? New Estimates of Productivity Growth in England from 1250 to 1870
10:40 am	Break
11:10 am	Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER John Joseph Wallis, University of Maryland and NBER Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of State Mandates for General Laws
12:00 pm	Egg Timers
	Donn. L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER Angela Redish, University of British Columbia Indigenous Wealth in the Early 20th Century (slides)
	Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming (slides)
	Christian Dippel, Western University and NBER Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh and NBER What Makes Effective Leaders? Evidence from Civil War Captains and their Soldiers
	Clément Gorin, University of Lyon Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER Yanos Zylberberg, University of Bristol State of the Art: Economic Change Through the Lens of Paintings
12:50 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Cory B. Smith, University of Maryland Amrita Kulka, New York University and University of Warwick Agglomeration Over the Long Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER Nicola Mastrorocco, University of Bologna State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years
3:50 pm	Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Productivity Growth
4:40 pm	Adjourn
Thursday, July 13
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Joe Long, Northwestern University Carlo Medici, Brown University Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy
9:50 am	Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER Sahil Chinoy, Harvard University Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I
10:40 am	Break
11:10 am	Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Zachary Ward, Baylor University and NBER Haley E.B. Wilbert, University of Notre Dame Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogy Data
12:00 pm	Adjourn and Lunch