9th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
at the 61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
November 12-15, 2014
Washington, D.C.
Programme Committee: Maria M. Ferreyra (World Bank, Chair), Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Brown), and Yves Zenou (Stockholm University)
Conference Program
01A. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Firm Location (Congressional Room)
Chair: Behrens, Kristian
- Kristian Behrens, Vera Sharunova
The Spatial Extent and the Industrial Structure of Canadian Multiplant Firms
Presented by: Behrens, Kristian
Discussed by: Mori, Tomoya
- Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami, William R. Kerr
Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Presented by: Kerr, William
Discussed by: Siodla, James
- Takashi Akamatsu, Tomoya Mori, Yuki Takayama
Spatial coordinations among industries and the common power law for city size distributions
Presented by: Mori, Tomoya
Discussed by: Behrens, Kristian
- James Siodla
Making the Move: The Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Disaster on Firm Relocations
Presented by: Siodla, James
Discussed by: Kerr, William
01B. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Government spending and transfers (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Jofre-Monseny, Jordi
- Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Jose I. Silva, Javier Vazquez-Grenno
Local multipliers of public employment: Long-run evidence from the late development of the Spanish public sector
Presented by: Jofre-Monseny, Jordi
Discussed by: Faggio, Giulia
- Giulia Faggio, Teresa Schlueter, Philipp vom Berge, Stefan Bender
Local multipliers in local labour markets: Evidence from the move of the German government to Berlin
Presented by: Faggio, Giulia
Discussed by: Foremny, Dirk
- Dirk Foremny, Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Albert Sole Olle
A Notch Above: Local Government Responses to Transfer Schemes
Presented by: Foremny, Dirk
Discussed by: Kohlhase, Janet
- Steven Craig, Edward Hoang, Janet Kohlhase
The Effect of Urbanization on the Technology of Governance
Presented by: Kohlhase, Janet
Discussed by: Jofre-Monseny, Jordi
01C. Thursday 8:00-10:00. Housing, Credit and Supply (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Mangum, Kyle
- Christopher Palmer
Why Did So Many Subprime Borrowers Default During the Crisis: Loose Credit or Plummeting Prices?
Presented by: Palmer, Christopher
Discussed by: Mangum, Kyle
- Edward Kung
The Effect of Credit Availability on House Prices: An Instrumental Variable and Difference-in-Differences Approach
Presented by: Kung, Edward
Discussed by: DeFusco, Anthony
- Anthony A. DeFusco, Andrew Paciorek
The Interest Rate Elasticity of Mortgage Demand: Evidence from Bunching at the Conforming Loan Limit
Presented by: DeFusco, Anthony
Discussed by: Palmer, Christopher
- Taha Kasim, Kyle Mangum
Temporal Variation in Housing Supply Elasticity
Presented by: Mangum, Kyle
Discussed by: Kung, Edward
02A. Thursday 10:30-12:30. Advances in Theory and Empirical Methods (Congressional Room)
Chair: Robert-Nicoud, Frederic
- Jacques Thisse
Toward a theory of monopolistic competition
Presented by: Thisse, Jacques
Discussed by: Murata, Yasusada
- Kristian Behrens, Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Equilibrium and optimal allocations with heterogenous urban land
Presented by: Robert-Nicoud, Frederic
Discussed by: Thisse, Jacques
- Tatsuhito Kono, David Pines
Optimal Taxation on Immobile and Mobile Commodities in a Spatial Setting
Presented by: Kono, Tatsuhito
Discussed by: Robert-Nicoud, Frederic
- Yasusada Murata, Ryo Nakajima, Ryuichi Tamura
Testing for localization using micro-geographic data: A new approach
Presented by: Murata, Yasusada
Discussed by: Kono, Tatsuhito
02B. Thursday 10:30-12:30. Agglomeration (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Gottlieb, Joshua
- Cecile Gaubert
Firm Sorting and Agglomeration
Presented by: Gaubert, Cecile
Discussed by: Gottlieb, Joshua
- Joshua D. Gottlieb, Dmitry Shkolnik
Agglomeration and Quality
Presented by: Shkolnik, Dmitry
Discussed by: Sánchez Vidal, María
- Jordi Jofre-Monseny, María Sánchez Vidal, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
Big Plant closures and agglomeration economies
Presented by: Sánchez Vidal, María
Discussed by: Ossokina, Ioulia
- Coen Teulings, Ioulia Ossokina, Henri de Groot
Agglomeration, transport infrastructure and welfare
Presented by: Ossokina, Ioulia
Discussed by: Gaubert, Cecile
02C. Thursday 10:30-12:30. Housing, Transactions and Prices (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Molloy, Raven
- Espen Rasmus Moen, Plamen Nenov
Buying First or Selling First in Housing Markets
Presented by: Nenov, Plamen
Discussed by: Lee, Yong Suk
- James Mills, Raven Molloy, Rebecca Zarutskie
Large-Scale Buy-to-Rent Investor Activity in the U.S. Single-Family Housing Market
Presented by: Molloy, Raven
Discussed by: Coulson, Edward
- Yong Suk Lee, Yuya Sasaki
How Sensitive are Sales Prices to Online Price Estimates in the Real Estate Market?
Presented by: Lee, Yong Suk
Discussed by: Nenov, Plamen
- Brent Ambrose, Edward Coulson, Jiro Yoshida
The Repeat Rent Index
Presented by: Coulson, Edward
Discussed by: Molloy, Raven
02D. Thursday 10:30-12:30. Urban Travel and Within City Interactions (Cabinet Suite)
Chair: Turner, Matthew
- Donald R. Davis, Jonathan I. Dingel, Joan Monras, Eduardo Morales
Spatial and Social Frictions in the City: Evidence from Yelp
Presented by: Donald, Davis
Discussed by: Fosgerau, Mogens
- Marco Gonzales-Navarro, Matthew Turner
Public Transit and Urban Growth
Presented by: Turner, Matthew
Discussed by: Donald, Davis
- Mogens Fosgerau
Congestion in the bathtub
Presented by: Fosgerau, Mogens
Discussed by: Turner, Matthew
03A. Thursday 13:30-15:30. Development, Institutions and the Labor Force (Congressional Room)
Chair: Selod, Harris
- Harris Selod, Liam Wren-Lewis
Competing Property Rights in the City
Presented by: Selod, Harris
Discussed by: Henderson, J. Vernon
- J. Vernon Henderson
The bias towards politically connected cities in China’s capital markets
Presented by: Henderson, J. Vernon
Discussed by: Bosker, Maarten
- Maarten Bosker
Highways and Hukou. The impact of China`s main spatial development policies on urbanization and regional inequality
Presented by: Bosker, Maarten
Discussed by: Wong, Maisy
- Samuel Bazzi, Arya B. Gaduh, Alexander David Rothenberg, Maisy Wong
Skill Transferability, Migration, and Development: Evidence from Population Resettlement in Indonesia
Presented by: Wong, Maisy
Discussed by: Selod, Harris
03B. Thursday 13:30-15:30. Education: choice, quality and political economy (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Ferreyra, Maria
- Maria Marta Ferreyra, Grigory Kosenok
Charter School Entry and School Choice: The Case of Washington, D.C.
Presented by: Ferreyra, Maria
Discussed by: Casey, Marcus
- Patrick Baude, Marcus Casey, Eric A Hanushek, Steve Rivkin
The Evolution of Charter School Quality
Presented by: Casey, Marcus
Discussed by: Billings, Stephen
- Stephen B Billings, Eric Brunner, Stephen L Ross
The Housing and Educational Consequences of the School Choice Provisions of NCLB: Evidence from Charlotte, NC
Presented by: Billings, Stephen
Discussed by: Gallagher, Ryan
- Ryan Gallagher, Joseph Persky, Haydar Kurban
Demographic Changes, the Growth of Housing Expenditures, and the Public Provision of Local Education: How Households without Children Support Schools
Presented by: Gallagher, Ryan
Discussed by: Ferreyra, Maria
03C. Thursday 13:30-15:30. Pollution (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Hilber, Christian
- Christian Albin Lukas Hilber, Charles Edward Palmer
Urban Development and Air Pollution: Evidence from a Global Panel of Cities
Presented by: Hilber, Christian
Discussed by: Stephens, Heather
- William Walker Hanlon
The Impact of Industrial Pollution on City Growth: Lessons from the "Dark Satanic Mills"
Presented by: Hanlon, William
Discussed by: Lafourcade, Miren
- Heather M Stephens, Elena Irwin, Mark Partridge
How do pollution and other environmental disamenities affect business location?
Presented by: Stephens, Heather
Discussed by: Hilber, Christian
- Camille Blaudin de Thé, Miren Lafourcade
The carbon footprint of suburbanization: evidence from French household data
Presented by: Lafourcade, Miren
Discussed by: Hanlon, William
04A. Thursday 16:00-18:00. Domestic migration (Congressional Room)
Chair: Zenou, Yves
- Yves Zenou
Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration
Presented by: Zenou, Yves
Discussed by: Garriga, Carlos
- Carlos Garriga, Yang Tang, Ping Wang
Rural-Urban Migration, Structural Transformation, and Housing Markets in China
Presented by: Garriga, Carlos
Discussed by: Zenou, Yves
- Benoit Schmutz
job search and migration in a system of cities
Presented by: Schmutz, Benoit
Discussed by: Brinkman, Jeffrey
- Jeffrey Calhoon Brinkman
Supply and Demand of Heterogeneous Workers across Cities
Presented by: Brinkman, Jeffrey
Discussed by: Schmutz, Benoit
04B. Thursday 16:00-18:00. Poverty in the City (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Diamond, Rebecca
- David Cuberes
Where do the poor live? Household location and income in British cities
Presented by: Cuberes, David
Discussed by: Handbury, Jessie
- Rebecca Diamond, Timothy James McQuade
Who Benefits from Mixed-Income Communities? An Equilibrium Analysis of Affordable Housing
Presented by: McQuade, Timothy J.
Discussed by: Aliprantis, Dionissi
- Jessie Handbury, Ilya Rahkovsky, Molly Schnell
What drives nutritional disparities? Retail access and food purchases across the socioeconomic spectrum
Presented by: Handbury, Jessie
Discussed by: Cuberes, David
- Dionissi Aliprantis, Daniel R Carroll
Neighborhood Dynamics and the Distribution of Opportunity
Presented by: Aliprantis, Dionissi
Discussed by: McQuade, Timothy J.
04C. Thursday 16:00-18:00. Student I: Business Cycles and Public Policies (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Zou, Ben
- Ben Zou
The Local Economic Spillover Effects of Military Personnel Contractions
Presented by: Zou, Ben
Discussed by: Cosman, Jacob
- Sungyup Chung, Geoffrey Hewings
Assessing the Regional Business Cycle Asymmetry in a Multi-level Structure Framework: A Study of the Top 20 U.S. MSAs
Presented by: Chung, Sungyup
Discussed by: Zou, Ben
- Jacob Neal Cosman
Agglomeration, regulation, and industry dynamics in Chicago nightlife
Presented by: Cosman, Jacob
Discussed by: Chung, Sungyup
05A. Friday 8:00-10:00. Knowledge Spillovers (Congressional Room)
Chair: Lin, Jeffrey
- Ina Ganguli, Jeffrey Lin, Nicholas Reynolds
The Paper Trail of Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Patent Interferences
Presented by: Lin, Jeffrey
Discussed by: Berliant, Marcus
- Shimeng Liu
Spillovers from Universities: Evidence from the Land-Grant Program
Presented by: Liu, Shimeng
Discussed by: Lin, Jeffrey
- Marcus Berliant, Masahisa Fujita
The Role of the Environment in Knowledge Creation Dynamics
Presented by: Berliant, Marcus
Discussed by: Serafinelli, Michel
- Michel Serafinelli
Good Firms, Worker Flows and Local Productivity
Presented by: Serafinelli, Michel
Discussed by: Liu, Shimeng
05B. Friday 8:00-10:00. Urban Travel: Patterns, Infrastructure and Tolling (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Brueckner, Jan
- Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Loren Brandt, J. Vernon Henderson, Matthew A. Turner, Qinghua Zhang
Transport Infrastructure, Urban Growth and Market Access in China
Presented by: Baum-Snow, Nathaniel
Discussed by: Pasidis, Ilias
- Miquel-Angel Garcia-Lopez, Ilias Pasidis, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
Express delivery to the suburbs. Transport Infrastructure and European cities.
Presented by: Pasidis, Ilias
Discussed by: Baum-Snow, Nathaniel
- Bruno L. De Borger, Antonio Russo
On the political economy of cordon tolls and housing markets
Presented by: Russo, Antonio
Discussed by: Brueckner, Jan
- Jan K Brueckner
Cordon Tolling in a City with Congested Bridges
Presented by: Brueckner, Jan
Discussed by: Russo, Antonio
05C. Friday 8:00-10:00. Student II: History, Path Dependence and Theory (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Busson, Henri
- Jingting Fan
Path Dependence and Regional Development: Evidence From China`s "Third Front" Movement
Presented by: Fan, Jingting
Discussed by: Busson, Henri
- Henri Busson
Does History Fully Determine the Spatial Dispersion of Human Capital?
Presented by: Busson, Henri
Discussed by: Leknes, Stefan
- Vincent Boitier
Unemployment Dispersion and City Configurations: Beyond the Bid Rent Theory
Presented by: Boitier, Vincent
Discussed by: Fan, Jingting
- Stefan Leknes
Causal evidence on quality of life and population size using historical mines
Presented by: Leknes, Stefan
Discussed by: Boitier, Vincent
06A. Friday 10:30-12:30. New models of urban structure, employment and social interactions (Congressional Room)
Chair: Picard, Pierre
- Daniel Patrick Murphy
Urban Density and the Substitution of Market Purchases for Home Production
Presented by: Murphy, Daniel
Discussed by: Picard, Pierre
- Pierre M Picard, Yves Zenou
Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Presented by: Picard, Pierre
Discussed by: Murphy, Daniel
- Yasuhiro Sato, Yves Zenou
How Urbanization Affect Employment and Social Interactions
Presented by: Sato, Yasuhiro
Discussed by: Mossay, Pascal
- Pascal Mossay
Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium for a Spatial Model of Social Interactions
Presented by: Mossay, Pascal
Discussed by: Sato, Yasuhiro
06B. Friday 10:30-12:30. Student III: Education and Crime in the Neighborhood (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Cordes, Sarah
- Sarah A. Cordes, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel
Does Residential Mobility Harm Student Performance
Presented by: Cordes, Sarah
Discussed by: Twinam, Tate
- Tate Twinam
Danger zone: The causal effects of high-density and mixed-use development on neighborhood crime
Presented by: Twinam, Tate
Discussed by: Malone, Thom
- Thom Malone
There Goes the Neighborhood: Does Tipping Behavior exist among Income Groups?
Presented by: Malone, Thom
Discussed by: Cordes, Sarah
06C. Friday 10:30-12:30. Taxation, location and revenues (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Schmidheiny, Kurt
- Christopher Marshall Clapp, Keith Ihlanfeldt
The Fiscal Impact of Higher Density Housing Within America’s Suburbs
Presented by: Christopher Marshall Clapp
Discussed by: Ross, Amanda
- Andrew Hanson, Zackary Hawley
The Sprawling Benefits of Housing Tax Policy
Presented by: Hanson, Andrew
Discussed by: Schmidheiny, Kurt
- Marcus Roller, Kurt Schmidheiny
Mobility and Progressive Taxation
Presented by: Schmidheiny, Kurt
Discussed by: Ihlanfeldt, Keith
- Kaitlyn Harger, Amanda Ross
Do Capital Tax Incentives Attract New Businesses? Evidence across Industries from the New Markets Tax Credit
Presented by: Ross, Amanda
Discussed by: Hanson, Andrew
07A. Friday 13:30-15:30. International migration (Congressional Room)
Chair: Gobillon, Laurent
- Gregory Verdugo, Morgane Laouenan
Ethnic networks and immigrants self-selection: Evidence from public housing
Presented by: Verdugo, Gregory
Discussed by: Pinto, Santiago
- Laurent Gobillon, Matthieu Solignac
Homeownership of immigrants in Francea
Presented by: Gobillon, Laurent
Discussed by: Verdugo, Gregory
- Joan Monras
Immigration and Wage Dynamics: Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis
Presented by: Monras, Joan
Discussed by: Gobillon, Laurent
- Santiago M. Pinto, Subhayu.Bandyopadhyay@stls.frb.org Subhayu
Illegal Immigration and Fiscal Competition
Presented by: Pinto, Santiago
Discussed by: Monras, Joan
07B. Friday 13:30-15:30. Urban Land: Value and Use Restrictions (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Albouy, David
- David Yves Albouy, Gabriel Ehrlich
The Distribution of Urban Land Values: Evidence from Market Transactions
Presented by: Albouy, David
Discussed by: Chatterjee, Satyajit
- Satyajit Chatterjee, Burcu Eyigungor
Agglomeration Economies, Geography and the Value of Urban Land
Presented by: Chatterjee, Satyajit
Discussed by: Albouy, David
- Paul Charles Cheshire
‘Iconic Design’ as deadweight loss: rent acquisition by design in the constrained London office market
Presented by: Cheshire, Paul
Discussed by: Zhang, Junfu
- Shihe Fu, Yizhen Gu, Junfu Zhang
Understanding Floor-Area-Ratio Restrictions on Urban Land Development in China
Presented by: Zhang, Junfu
Discussed by: Cheshire, Paul
07C. Friday 13:30-15:30. Residents in the City (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Puga, Diego
- Jorge De la Roca, Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Diego Puga
City of Dreams
Presented by: De la Roca, Jorge
Discussed by: Couture, Victor
- Victor Couture, Jessie Handbury
Young Professionals and Urban Revival in America, 2000 to 2010
Presented by: Couture, Victor
Discussed by: De la Roca, Jorge
- Emeline Bezin, Fabien MOIZEAU
Urban Segregation and Cultural Dynamics
Presented by: MOIZEAU, Fabien
Discussed by: Gagliardi, Luisa
- Luisa Gagliardi, Teresa Schlueter
The Role of Education for Amenity Based Sorting in British Cities
Presented by: Gagliardi, Luisa
Discussed by: MOIZEAU, Fabien
08A. Friday 16:00-18:00. Crime, the neighborhood and the labor market (Embassy Suite)
Chair: Hémet, Camille
- Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Mertens Horn, Davin Reed
Crime and Neighborhood Change: Has Falling Crime Invited Gentrification?
Presented by: Horn, Keren
Discussed by: Maheshri, Vikram
- Camille Hémet
The Local Determinants of Crime Victimization
Presented by: Hémet, Camille
Discussed by: Xiao, Wei
- Vikram Maheshri, Gregorio S Caetano
Identifying Dynamic Spillovers in Criminal Behavior
Presented by: Maheshri, Vikram
Discussed by: Horn, Keren
- Keisuke Kawata, Yasuhiro Sato, Wei Xiao
Search for Jobs or Crimes?
Presented by: Xiao, Wei
Discussed by: Hémet, Camille
08B. Friday 16:00-18:00. Transportation in the Developing World (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Duranton, Gilles
- Gilles Duranton
Roads and Trade in Colombia
Presented by: Duranton, Gilles
Discussed by: Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco
- Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Tadeja Gracner, Alexander David Rothenberg
The Effects of Road Quality on Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by: Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco
Discussed by: Qin, Yu
- Stephen Gibbons, wenjie wu
Airports and Economic Performance in China
Presented by: Gibbons, Stephen
Discussed by: Duranton, Gilles
- Yu Qin
"No County Left Behind?" The Distributional Impact of High-Speed Rail Upgrade in China
Presented by: Qin, Yu
Discussed by: Gibbons, Stephen
08C. Friday 16:00-18:00. Place-Based Policies (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Koster, Hans
- Hans R.A. Koster, Jos N. Van Ommeren
Place-based policies and the housing market
Presented by: Van Ommeren, Jos
Discussed by: Charlot, Sylvie
- Sylvie Charlot, Claire Dujardin, Florence Goffette-Nagot
Income in French Empowerment Zones: A Panel Data Approach
Presented by: Charlot, Sylvie
Discussed by: Koster, Hans
- Hans R.A. Koster, Fang Fang Cheng, Frank van Oort
Place-based policies and firm productivity: Evidence from Shenzhen, China
Presented by: Koster, Hans
Discussed by: von Ehrlich, Maximilian
- Maximilian von Ehrlich
The Persistent Effects of Regional Policy: Evidence from the West-German Zonenrandgebiet
Presented by: von Ehrlich, Maximilian
Discussed by: Van Ommeren, Jos
09A. Saturday 8:00-10:00. Local Labor Markets (Congressional Room)
Chair: Rosenthal, Stuart
- Florence Goffette-Nagot, Modibo Sidibé
Spatial Mismatch: Theory, Empirics, and Policies
Presented by: Goffette-Nagot, Florence
Discussed by: Phillips, David
- David Phillips
Long Commutes or Neighborhood Perceptions: Why Do Employers Avoid Applicants from High-Poverty Neighborhoods?
Presented by: Phillips, David
Discussed by: Goffette-Nagot, Florence
- Florian Mayneris
The cleansing effect of minimum wage in China
Presented by: Mayneris, Florian
Discussed by: Rosenthal, Stuart
- Stuart S. Rosenthal
Neighborhood Effects and the Decision of Women to Work
Presented by: Rosenthal, Stuart
Discussed by: Mayneris, Florian
09B. Saturday 8:00-10:00. The City and Region in the International Market (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Redding, Stephen
- Jonathan Dingel
The Determinants of Quality Specialization
Presented by: Dingel, Jonathan
Discussed by: Faber, Benjamin
- Pablo Fajgelbaum, Stephen James Redding
External Integration, Structural Transformation and Economic Development: Evidence from Argentina 1870-1914
Presented by: Redding, Stephen
Discussed by: Potlogea, Andrei
- Andrei Victor Potlogea
Globalization and the Smart City
Presented by: Potlogea, Andrei
Discussed by: Dingel, Jonathan
- David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
Retail Globalization and Household Welfare: Evidence from Mexico
Presented by: Faber, Benjamin
Discussed by: Redding, Stephen
09C. Saturday 8:00-10:00. Transportation: Light Rail, Productivity and Costs (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Rappaport, Jordan
- Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Monica Deza
Access to Light Rail and Neighborhood Evolution: Capitalization or Agglomeration Effects?
Presented by: Deza, Monica
Discussed by: Brooks, Leah
- Jordan Rappaport
A Quantitative System of Monocentric Metros
Presented by: Rappaport, Jordan
Discussed by: [cancelled]
- Anne Bucher, Paola Liliana Montero Ledezma
A matching model with heterogeneity in commuting and relocation costs
Presented by: Montero Ledezma, Paola Liliana
Discussed by: Rappaport, Jordan
- Leah Brooks, Gisela Rua
Containerination`s Impact on Cities and Neighborhoods
Presented by: Brooks, Leah
Discussed by: Suarez Serrato, Juan Carlos
10A. Saturday 10:30-12:30. History and Path-Dependence (Congressional Room)
Chair: Ioannides, Yannis
- Yannis M Ioannides, Junfu Zhang
Walled Cities in Late Imperial China
Presented by: Ioannides, Yannis
Discussed by: Moradi, Alexander
- Remi Jedwab, Edward Kerby, Alexander Moradi
History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya
Presented by: Moradi, Alexander
Discussed by: González-Val, Rafael
- David Cuberes, Rafael González-Val
The Effect of the Spanish Reconquest on Iberian Cities
Presented by: González-Val, Rafael
Discussed by: Perez Cervantes, Fernando
- Fernando Diego Perez Cervantes
Estimating the Impact due to Railroads on County-Level Output in the United States for Every Census Year Between 1840 and 1900
Presented by: Perez Cervantes, Fernando
Discussed by: Ioannides, Yannis
10B. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Skills and technological progress (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Ahlfeldt, Gabriel
- Brahim Boualam
Getting a first job: quality of the labor matching in French cities
Presented by: Boualam, Brahim
Discussed by: Ahlfeldt, Gabriel
- Ricardo Hausmann, Frank Neffke, Anne Otto
The workforce of pioneer plants
Presented by: Neffke, Frank
Discussed by: Tabuchi, Takatoshi
- Gabriel M Ahlfeldt, Pantelis Koutroumpis, Tommaso Valletti
Speed 2.0Evaluating access to universal digital highways
Presented by: Ahlfeldt, Gabriel
Discussed by: Boualam, Brahim
- Takatoshi Tabuchi, Jacques Thisse, Xiwei Zhu
Technological Progress and Economic Geography
Presented by: Tabuchi, Takatoshi
Discussed by: Neffke, Frank
10C. Saturday 10:30-12:30. Social Interactions: neighborhoods, schools and the labor market (Judiciary Suite)
Chair: Caetano, Gregorio
- Bryan Stuart, Evan Taylor
Social Interactions and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
Presented by: Stuart, Bryan
Discussed by: Kutzbach, Mark
- Paola Liliana Montero Ledezma
Social networks, commuting and (un)employment rates
Presented by: Montero Ledezma, Paola Liliana
Discussed by: Caetano, Gregorio
- Judith K Hellerstein, Mark Kutzbach, David Neumark
Labor Market Networks and Recovery from the Great Recession
Presented by: Kutzbach, Mark
Discussed by: Taylor, Evan
- Gregorio S Caetano, Vikram Maheshri
School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Behavior
Presented by: Caetano, Gregorio
Discussed by: Montero Ledezma, Paola Liliana
11A. Saturday 14:45-16:45. Housing, Neighborhoods and Natural Disaster (Congressional Room)
Chair: Zabel, Jeffrey
- Jenny Schuetz
Can Distressed Neighborhoods Be Saved? Evidence from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Presented by: Schuetz, Jenny
Discussed by: Hood, Kyle
- Yannis M. Ioannides, Jeffrey Zabel
Housing and Labor Market Vacancies
Presented by: Zabel, Jeffrey
Discussed by: Schwartz, Amy
- Keren Mertens Horn, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Ingrid Gould Ellen
Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders Move Towards Better Schools?
Presented by: Schwartz, Amy
Discussed by: Zabel, Jeffrey
- Kyle K Hood
Disaster Expectations, Home Maintenance, and the Effects of Hurricanes on Local Labor Markets
Presented by: Hood, Kyle
Discussed by: Schuetz, Jenny
11B. Saturday 14:45-16:45. Misc: Resource Extraction, House Prices (Old Georgetown Room)
Chair: Holmes, Thomas
- Tiago V Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata, Frederik Giancarlo Toscani
Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth
Presented by: Da Mata, Daniel
Discussed by: Holmes, Thomas
- Thomas J. Holmes, Boyoung Seo, Matthew Shapiro
Acquiring Land and Drilling for Oil: Who, When and How Much?
Presented by: Holmes, Thomas
Discussed by: Da Mata, Daniel
- Jan Rouwendal
Border Effects in House Prices
Presented by: Rouwendal, Jan
Discussed by: Johnson, Erik
- Erik Johnson
Measuring Agglomeration: Which estimator should we use?
Presented by: Johnson, Erik
Discussed by: Rouwendal, Jan