2014 Nov 07 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"The Effects of Cash Transfers on Health" Speaker: Shari Eli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 ... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 31 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer Center, M-16 North Yard"Is Causal Understanding Necessary for Cultural Adaptation?" Speaker: Robert Boyd, Origins Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 24 The Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Ethnicity Dynamics and Economic Performance in US Counties: 1850–2010" Speaker: Scott Fulford, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston College. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 ... Read more about The Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 17 Joint International Economics Workshop and Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Tariff Incidence: Evidence from US Sugar Duties, 1890–1930" This event is joint between the International Economics Workshop and the Economic History Workshop. Speaker: Douglas Irwin, John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College. Contact: Jane Trahan jtrahan@harvard.edu(617) 496-0062 or Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 ... Read more about Joint International Economics Workshop and Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 10 The Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Dust Bowl Migrants: Selection and Migration Patterns of Environmental Refugees" Speaker: Rick Hornbeck, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, Harvard University (visiting University of Chicago). Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate. Department of Economics, Harvard University. Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard... Read more about The Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 03 The Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Individual Changes in Racial/Ethnic Identity: An Example from the United States, 1880-1940” Speaker: Nancy Qian, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about The Economic History Workshop
2014 Oct 01 The Economic History Workshop 4:00pm to 5:30pm This seminar is joint with Labor Workshop. "Measuring Agglomeration: Products, People, and Ideas in US Manufacturing, 1880-1990" Speaker: Jamie Lee, PhD Candidate, Harvard University (Job Market Presentation). Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 ... Read more about The Economic History Workshop
2014 Sep 26 The Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"The Effects of Labor Unions on Elections and Policy" Speaker: James Feigenbaum, PhD Candidate, Harvard University (Job Market Presentation). Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079 ... Read more about The Economic History Workshop
2014 Sep 19 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"The Medieval Origins of Comparative European Development: Evidence from the Basque Country" Speaker: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Apr 25 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"How Johnson Fought the War on Poverty: The Economics and Politics of Funding at the Office of Economic Opportunity" Speaker: Martha Bailey, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Apr 18 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer Center M-16, North Yard"Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" Speaker: Leah Boustan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Apr 11 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer Center M-16, North Yard"From Plutocracy To Progressivism? The Assassination of President McKinley as a Turning Point in American History" Speaker: Eric Hilt, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Apr 04 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Business Groups in the United States: A Revised History of Corporate Ownership, Pyramids and Regulation, 1930-1950" Speaker: Yishay Yafeh, Professor, School of Business Administration, Hebrew University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Mar 28 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer Center M-16, North Yard"Agglomeration: A Dynamic Approach" Speaker: Walker Hanlon, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
2014 Mar 14 Economic History Workshop 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: Littauer M-16, North Yard"Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern America" Speaker: Dan Keniston, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079... Read more about Economic History Workshop
