"The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the US"

Speaker:

Marcella Alsan, Angelopoulos Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

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"Leviathan Denied"

Speaker:

John Wallis, Mancur Olson Professor of Economics, University of Maryland.

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"Human Capital Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming"

Speaker:

Wolfgang Keller, Professor and Director, McGuire Center, University of Colorado Boulder.

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"The Long Run Effects of Funding for Public Education"

Speaker:

Ursina Schaede, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tufts University.

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"Patriotism and Prudence: Assessing the Effects of the WWII Bond Drives on Household Savings"

Speaker:

Gillian Brunet, Assistant Professor of Economics, Smith College.

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"Evolution of Regional Inequalities in a Developing Country: Turkey since the 19th Century"

Speaker:

Sevket Pamuk, Professor of Economics and Economic History, Bogazici University.

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"Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates"

Speaker:

Charles Taylor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

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"Medical School Closures, Market Adjustment, and Mortality in the Flexner Report Era"

Speaker:

Karen Clay, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University.

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"Women and the Econometrics of Family Trees"

Speaker:

José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University.

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"Emigration During Turbulent Times"

Speaker:

David Yang, Faculty Associate. Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University.

Contact:

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"The Effect of Deindustrialization on Local Economies: Evidence from New England Textile Towns"

Speaker:

Jiwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brandeis University.

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"Did the Rise of the US South Deindustrialize the US North?"

Speaker:

Gordon Hanson, Faculty Associate. Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.... Read more about Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

“After Amazing Grace: Britain's Campaign to End the Slave Trade”

Speaker:

Huiren Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
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Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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"Why Women Won"

Speaker:

Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
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Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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“The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African-American Siblings in 1870–1940”

Speaker:

Luke Stein, Assistant Professor of Finance, Babson College.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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