Economic History Seminar
Fall 2023
Seminar Times & Location:
Fridays, 2:15 - 3:30pm
KMC 7-191
To join the mailing list, please contact Erica Loh (el2378@stern.nyu.edu).
September 22: "Immigration, Innovation, and Spatial Economic Development: Theory and Evidence from the Age of Mass Migration"
Michael Peters (Yale)
September 29: "Teacher Salaries and Racial Inequality in Educational Attainment in the Mid-Century South"
Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth)
October 6: "The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty: Evidence from British Commutations During World War I"
Daniel Chen (Toulouse School of Economics)
October 13: "Labor Supply and Entertainment Innovations: Evidence From the U.S. TV Rollout"
Felix Koenig (Carnegie Mellon University)
October 20: "Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogy Data"
Zach Ward (Baylor University)
October 27: "Agglomeration Over the Long Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars"
Cory Smith (University of Maryland)
November 3: "Emigration During Turbulent Times"
David Yang (Harvard)
November 17: "Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobby: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States"
Marcella Alsan (Harvard Kennedy)