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Stanford
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences

Economic History

Coordinator: Lindsey Lam
Email: ljlam@stanford.edu
iCal Feed: https://economics.stanford.edu/seminar/7216/ical

Upcoming Events

Winter 2021

January
19

Stefanie Stantcheva - Harvard University

Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

Date
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 2 - 3:30pm
Location:
Zoom

Joint History, Public, and Environmental Economics Seminar

Co-authors: Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas

 

February
10

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley

Gender Differences in Peer Recognition by Economists

Date
Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom
Link to paper

Co-authors: David Card, Patricia Funk, and Nagore Iriberri. 

February
16

Adriana Lleras-Muney - University of California, Los Angeles

Paper TBA

Date
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 2:30 - 4pm
Location:
TBD
February
24

Luz Marina Arias - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 3:30 - 5pm
March
3

Saumitra Jha - Stanford University

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 3:30 - 5pm
March
10

JC Suárez Serrato, Duke University

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom

Spring 2021

April
14

Alex Mas, Princeton University

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom
April
21

Petra Moser - New York University, Stern

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 11:30am - 1pm

Please note: earlier time

May
12

Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University

Paper TBA

Date
Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom

Past Events

Fall 2020

November
18

Joachim Voth - University of Zurich

Fighting for Growth: Labor Scarcity and Technology Adoption in Industrializing Britain

Date
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Co-authors: Bruno Caprettini and Alex Trew

November
11

Steve Redding, Princeton University

Globalization and Pandemics

Date
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom
Link to paper

Co-authors:  Pol Antras and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

November
4

Marianne Wanamaker - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

40 Acres and a Mule: Black Americans’ Landholding and Economic Mobility after Emancipation

Date
Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Co-authors: William J. Collins and Nicholas Holtkamp

October
28

Latika Hartmann - Naval Postgraduate School

Did Railways Affect Literacy? Evidence from India

Date
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Link to paper

Co-author: James Fenske

October
21

Shari Eli - University of Toronto

Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal

Date
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Link to paper

October
14

Leah Boustan, Princeton University

Streets of Gold: Immigration and the American Dream Over Two Centuries

Date
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom

Joint with Ran Abramitzky

October
7

Alejandro Martínez-Marquina - Stanford University

When a town wins the lottery: Evidence from Spain

Date
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Link to abstract

September
30

No Seminar

Date
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
September
23

Yiming He - Stanford University

How does slum demolition affect the economic outcomes of the displaced? Evidence from Victorian England

Date
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 3:30 - 5pm
Location:
Zoom

Link to abstract

September
16

Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University

Search Frictions and Efficiency in Decentralized Transport Markets

Date
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 1 - 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom
Link to paper

Co-authors: Giulia Brancaccio, Theodore Papageorgiou, Nicola Rosaia