The Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity and Inequality over the Long Run
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
May 5-6, 2017
May 5-6, 2017
Economic activity is unevenly distributed across space, and the returns of economic activity are not equally distributed across individuals. This conference seeks to understand the extent to which these different heterogeneities are connected and how they persist. We are especially interested in the degree to which these heterogeneities are associated with endowments, path dependent processes like increasing returns, or simply the extent of the market. We are also interested in rigorous explorations of the connections between politics and inequality.
Preliminary Program
Session 1 (Friday)
"State Power and Urbanization: Evidence from 20,000 European Boundary Changes A.D. 1000-2000"
David Schonholzer, UC Berkeley
"Reversal of Fortune? A Role for Geography and Climate in the Distribution of Income Around the World"
Stephen Haber and Jordan Horrillo, Stanford
Session 2 (Friday)
"Legacies of Inequality: The Case of Brazil"
Evan Wigton Jones, UC Riverside
"The Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence from Imperial China"
Melanie Meng Xue, UCLA
Session 3 (Friday)
"Philanthropy, Inequality, and the Income Tax: High-Income Giving 1917-2014"
Nicolas Duqette, USC
"Seeds of American Industrialization: A New View from Economic Geography"
Stephen Sun, UC Davis
Mega Session (Saturday)
"Dynamic Comparative Advantage in International Shipbuilding: From Wood to Steel"
Walker Hanlon, UCLA
"Space Race Technology and the Impact on Jobs in U.S. Cities"
Shawn Kantor, FSU
"The People, not the Place. The Decline of the North of England 1918-2017: A Surname Investigation"
Gregory Clark, UC Davis
"State Power and Urbanization: Evidence from 20,000 European Boundary Changes A.D. 1000-2000"
David Schonholzer, UC Berkeley
"Reversal of Fortune? A Role for Geography and Climate in the Distribution of Income Around the World"
Stephen Haber and Jordan Horrillo, Stanford
Session 2 (Friday)
"Legacies of Inequality: The Case of Brazil"
Evan Wigton Jones, UC Riverside
"The Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence from Imperial China"
Melanie Meng Xue, UCLA
Session 3 (Friday)
"Philanthropy, Inequality, and the Income Tax: High-Income Giving 1917-2014"
Nicolas Duqette, USC
"Seeds of American Industrialization: A New View from Economic Geography"
Stephen Sun, UC Davis
Mega Session (Saturday)
"Dynamic Comparative Advantage in International Shipbuilding: From Wood to Steel"
Walker Hanlon, UCLA
"Space Race Technology and the Impact on Jobs in U.S. Cities"
Shawn Kantor, FSU
"The People, not the Place. The Decline of the North of England 1918-2017: A Surname Investigation"
Gregory Clark, UC Davis
