"One Hundred Flowers" Conference

December 2-3, 2016
UC Davis, Social Sciences and Humanities Building
Davis, CA
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The One Hundred Flowers Conference Brings together scholars to discuss a wide variety of topics in economic history.

Please download the agenda below for more information including room locations.

Workshop Program
Day 1
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“Rainbows End? Selection and Environmental Influences on the Social Mobility of Irish Americans in the Early 20th Century”
Presented by Dylan Connor, UCLA

“Still living with mom and dad? Culture and young men’s residential choices”
Presented by Andreea-Viorica Minea, Sciences Po and UCLA, 

" 'I intend therefore to Prorogue': The Effects of Conflict in English Parliament, 1660-1702"
Presented by Kara Dimitruk, UC Irvine
 
“A Historic(al) Run on Repo? Causes of Bank Distress during the Austro-Hungarian “Grunderkrach” of 1873”
Presented by Kilian Rieder, University College Oxford and UC Berkeley

“Inter-generational transmission of wealth shocks: Evidence from the US Civil War”
Presented by Katherine Erickson, UC Davis

“Economic influences and Lynching in the American South”
Presented by Nancy Virts, Cal State Northridge

Day 2

“Why was Pre-Industrial Japan so Poor?””
Presented by Yuzuru Kumon, UC Davis

“Buddha’s Grace Illuminates All: Temple Destruction, School Construction, and Modernization in the 20th Century China.”
Presented by Shaoda Wang, UC Berkeley

“Economic Consequences of Coercive Institutions: Evidence from US Convict Labor System”
Presented by Michael Poyker, UCLA

“Role Models and Information Frictions in Early 20th Century American Higher Education”
Presented by Zachary Bleemer, UC Berkeley

“Nature versus Nurture in Social Outcomes:  Evidence from an English Lineage, 1750-2016”
Presented by Gregory Clark, UC Davis

“Coping with Income Shocks by Doing More of the Same.”
Presented by Paul Lombardi, UC Davis
 
“Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China”
Presented by Melanie Meng Xue, UCLA