CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago
LOCATION
University of Chicago Gleacher Center, Room 303
450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, IL 60611
Friday, October 27, 2023
Note: All times listed are CST.
12:15 – 1:00 p.m | Lunch and Registration
1:00 – 1:55 p.m. | From Blue Collar to Ivory Tower: How Socioeconomic Background Shapes American Academia
Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich
1:55 – 2:05 p.m. | Break
2:05 – 3:00 p.m. | Ethnic Churches Delayed Immigrant Assimilation in the Historical United States
Leah Boustan, Princeton University
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Break
3:30 – 4:25 p.m. | The Value of Ratings: Evidence from their Introduction in Securities Markets
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University
4:25 – 4:35 p.m. | Break
4:35 – 5:30 p.m. | Gaining Steam: Technological Stickiness in the Long Transition from Waterpower
Anders Humlum, University of Chicago
6:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner
Ēma – 74 W Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60654
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Note: All times listed are CST.
8:30 – 8:45 a.m | Breakfast
8:45 – 9:40 a.m. | Private Colonialism in Africa
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School
9:40 – 9:55 a.m. | Break
9:55 – 10:50 a.m. | The Rise of Women in the Civil Service: Evidence from the Great War
Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley
10:50 – 11:05 a.m. | Break
11:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Presentation during lunch: The Missing Link(s): Women and Intergenerational Mobility
Lukas Althoff, Stanford University
12:00 p.m. | Conference Adjourns