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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 10
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Introductions
9:10 am

Why Women Won
10:00 am

The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African American Siblings in 1870–1940
10:50 am
Break
11:10 am

Efficient OCR for Building a Diverse Digital History
12:00 pm
Egg Timers

Inflation, World War II Bond Ownership, and the Rise of Republicans (slides)

The Impact of Federal Housing Policies on Racial Inequality: The Case of the Federal Housing Administration

Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation: Evidence From US Inventors, 1895-1925

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

Was Free Soil Magic Dirt? Endowments versus Institutions
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Revisiting the Link between Electrification and Fertility: Evidence from the Early 20th Century United States
9:50 am

America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation
11:50 am
Egg Timers

Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions

Medical School Closures and Health Care Market Adjustment in the Flexner Report Era (slides)

Modernization and the Rise of Individualism

The Impact of Violence during the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm

Surname Diversity, Social Ties and Innovation
2:10 pm
Break
2:20 pm

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

Religion and the Rise and Fall of Islamic Science
9:50 am

When Did Growth Begin? New Estimates of Productivity Growth in England from 1250 to 1870
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of State Mandates for General Laws
12:00 pm
Egg Timers

Indigenous Wealth in the Early 20th Century (slides)

Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming (slides)

What Makes Effective Leaders? Evidence from Civil War Captains and their Soldiers

State of the Art: Economic Change Through the Lens of Paintings
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm

Agglomeration Over the Long Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years
3:50 pm

One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Productivity Growth
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 13
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy
9:50 am

Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogy Data
12:00 pm
Adjourn and Lunch