Organizers:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century United States Manufacturing Revisited: A Solution to the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem"
Robert A. Margo, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Ownership and Control of Nineteenth-Century New England Banks"
Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Intergenerational Mobility in the U.S. South: A New View from Linked Census Data"
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
William Collins, Vanderbilt University

"Public Insurance and Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid’s Implementation"
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, University of California Berkley (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University
William Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University

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Organizers:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"The Timing of Teenage Births and the Economic Returns to Education"
Lisa Schulkind, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Danielle Sandler, US Census Bureau

"Does Closing Schools Close Doors? The Effect of High School Closures on Achievement and Attainment"
Matthew Larsen, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"The Causal Effect of the School Day Schedule on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents"
Teny Shapiro, Santa Clara University (Contact Author)
Kevin Williams, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

Jeremy Grant Moulton, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Gaggl, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, University of California Berkley

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