8:00 - 8:30
Breakfast provided in the meeting room & Introductions
8:30 – 9:20
Francisco Haimovich, UCLA Econ, “The Return to Early Childhood Education: Evidence from the First US Kindergartens”
9:20 – 10:10
Rivka Shenhav, UCD Econ, “The Decline in the Quality of US Innovation in the Last 70
Years - The Smoking Gun”
10:10 – 10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:30
Daniel W. Franken, UCLA History, “Chapter IV. Making the Health Transition: Temporal Height Trends in Brazil
11:30 – 12:20
Nicola Bianchi, Stanford University Econ, “The General Equilibrium Effects
of Educational Expansion”
12:20 – 1:10
Jonathan Chapman, CalTech Econ, “The Franchise, Taxes, and Public Goods: The Political Economy of Infrastructure Investment in Nineteenth Century England”
1:10 – 2:10 Lunch
2:10 – 3:00
Dustin Frye, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “Transportation Networks and the Geographic Concentration of Industry”
3:00 – 3:50
Edward Kosack, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “The Bracero Program and Effects on Human Capital Investments in Mexico, 1942-1964”
3:50 – 4:20 Break
4:20 – 5:10
Mara Squicciarini, Stanford University Econ, “Human Capital and Industrialization:
Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment”
5:10 – 6:00
Mike Matheis, University of Arizona Econ, “Local Economic Impacts of Coal Mining in the U.S. 1870 to 1970”
7:00 – 9:00
Reception & Dinner at Seasons Restaurant
Discussion of the job market process and strategies by the faculty
Breakfast provided in the meeting room & Introductions
8:30 – 9:20
Francisco Haimovich, UCLA Econ, “The Return to Early Childhood Education: Evidence from the First US Kindergartens”
9:20 – 10:10
Rivka Shenhav, UCD Econ, “The Decline in the Quality of US Innovation in the Last 70
Years - The Smoking Gun”
10:10 – 10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:30
Daniel W. Franken, UCLA History, “Chapter IV. Making the Health Transition: Temporal Height Trends in Brazil
11:30 – 12:20
Nicola Bianchi, Stanford University Econ, “The General Equilibrium Effects
of Educational Expansion”
12:20 – 1:10
Jonathan Chapman, CalTech Econ, “The Franchise, Taxes, and Public Goods: The Political Economy of Infrastructure Investment in Nineteenth Century England”
1:10 – 2:10 Lunch
2:10 – 3:00
Dustin Frye, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “Transportation Networks and the Geographic Concentration of Industry”
3:00 – 3:50
Edward Kosack, University Colorado Boulder Econ, “The Bracero Program and Effects on Human Capital Investments in Mexico, 1942-1964”
3:50 – 4:20 Break
4:20 – 5:10
Mara Squicciarini, Stanford University Econ, “Human Capital and Industrialization:
Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment”
5:10 – 6:00
Mike Matheis, University of Arizona Econ, “Local Economic Impacts of Coal Mining in the U.S. 1870 to 1970”
7:00 – 9:00
Reception & Dinner at Seasons Restaurant
Discussion of the job market process and strategies by the faculty