NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008

Development of the American Economy

Howard Bodenhorn, Michael Haines, and Zorina Khan; Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 7-10, 2008

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 7:Â
 8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
 9:00 am	Introductions
 9:15 am	BRUCE WEINBERG, Ohio State University and NBER
	Scientific Leadership
10:05 am	Break
10:20 am	DHANOOS SUTTHIPHISAL, McGill University and NBER
	Location, Location, Location: Why Do Inventors Move to Technology Centers?
11:10 am	Break
11:25 am	LIAM BRUNT, HEC-Lausanne
	JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER
	TOM NICHOLAS, Harvard University
	Inducement Prizes and Innovation
12:15 n	Lunch
 1:15 pm	Lunch - Poster Sessions
 1:30 pm	SHARON HARRISON, Barnard College
	MARK WEDER, University of Adelaide
	Technology, Credit and Confidence during the Roaring Twenties
 2:20 pm	Break
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 2:35 pm	WARREN WHATLEY, University of Michigan
	Guns-for-Slaves: The 18th Century British Slave Trade in Africa
 3:25 pm	Break
 3:40 pm	JEREMY ATACK, Vanderbilt University and NBER
	MICHAEL HAINES, Colgate University and NBER
	ROBERT MARGO, Boston University and NBER
	Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Preliminary Evidence for 1850
 4:40 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 8:
 8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
 9:00 am	TREVOR KOLLMAN, University of Arizona
	PRICE FISHBACK, University of Arizona and NBER
	SHAWN KANTOR, UC, Merced and NBER
	The Housing Roller Coaster: A Preliminary Exploration of Fluctuations in Urban Housing Markets in the 1920s and 1930s
 9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	EUGENE WHITE, Rutgers University and NBER
	Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Bubble: Florida 1926
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	JASON BARR, Rutgers University
	Skyscraper Height
12:00 n	Lunch
 1:00 pm	LINDA CARTER, Vanderbilt University
	A Hard DaysÂ’ Night: Evening Schools and Child Labor in the United States, 1870-1910
 1:50 pm	Break
 2:10 pm	MARTHA BAILEY, University of Michigan and NBER
	WILLIAM J. COLLINS, Vanderbilt University and NBER
	Household Production Technology and the American Baby Boom
 3:00 pm	Break
 3:15 pm	DOUGLAS ALMOND, Columbia University and NBER
	JOSEPH FERRIE, Northwestern University and NBER
	BHASHKAR MAZUMDER, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
	KAREN ROLF, University of Nebraska
	WERNER TROESKEN, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
	Â… Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Physical, Economic and Cognitive Effects of Early Life Conditions on Later Life Outcomes in the U.S., 1915-2005
 4:05 pm	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9:Â
 8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
 9:00 am	ERIC HILT, Wellesley University and NBER
	Grafting Civil Law onto Common Law: The Effect of New YorkÂ’s1822 Limited Partnership Act
 9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	EFRAIM BENMELECH, Harvard University and NBER
	MICHAEL BORDO, Rutgers University and NBER
	The Financial Crisis of 1873 and 19th Century Corporate Governance
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	RAN ABRAMITZKY, Stanford University
	ADELINE DELAVANDE and LUIS VASCONCELOS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
	Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching
12:00 n	Lunch
 1:00 pm	CAROL SHIUE, University of Colorado at Boulder
	Human Capital and Fertility in Chinese Clans, 1300-1850
 1:50 pm	Break
 2:10 pm	HOYT BLEAKLEY, University of Chicago and NBER
	Malaria Eradication in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure
 3:00 pm	Break
 3:15 pm	RICHARD STECKEL, Ohio State University and NBER
	EuropeÂ’s Descent into Hunger and Premature Death, 800-1800
 4:05 pm	Adjourn
 6:00 pm	Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JULY 10:
 8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
 9:00 am	CHRISTOPHER MEISSNER, UC, Davis and NBER
	How Important were Tariffs for the American Wool Industry in the Early Twentieth Century?
 9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	GARY LIBECAP, UC, Santa Barbara and NBER
	DEAN LUECK, University of Arizona
	The Demarcation of Land: Patterns and Economic Effects
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	RICHARD SUTCH, UC, Riverside and NBER
	The Long-run Consequences of the Minimum Wage
12:00 n	Lunch and Adjourn
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