Cliometric Society Sessions
The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in Chicago, Illinois January 5-7, 2007.
Session 1: The Economic History of Trade and Growth
Date: January 5, 2007
Room: Hyatt Stetson Suite G
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Presiding: Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern
Papers:
- Guillaume Daudin, School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh. A geography of domestic trade in the late 18th century France
- David S. Jacks and Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University. Global Trade and the Maritime Transport Revolution
- Noel D Johnson, California State University - Long Beach. Political Instability, Institutions, and Economic Growth: 1860-2000
- Max-Stephan Schulze, London School of Economics, and Nikolaus Wolf, Free University of Berlin. Harbingers of Dissolution? Grain Prices, Borders, and Nationalism in the Late-Nineteenth Century Habsburg Empire
Discussants:
Kris Mitchener, Santa Clara
Eric Hilt, Wellesley College
Doug Irwin, Dartmouth
Marc Weidenmeir, Claremont
Contact:
Werner Troesken
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone 1-412-648-7459
FAX 1-412-648-9074
Session 2: Institutions and History: Land, Trade, and Labor Markets
Date: January 5, 2007
Room: Hyatt - Stetson Suite G
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Presiding: Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Papers:
- Cliff Bekar, Lewis and Clark College and Clyde Reed, Simon Fraser University. Distributional Dynamic in a Stochastic Environment with Tradable Assets: Medieval English Land Markets
- Joyce Burnette, Wabash College. Child Day-Laborers in Agriculture: Evidence from Farm Accounts, 1740-1850
- Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen, Montana State University. "Rulers Ruled By Women": An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta
- Oscar Gelderblom, Universiteit Utrecht and Regina Grafe, Nuffield College-Oxford. Towards a Comparative Analysis of Commerical Institutions in Pre-modern Europe: The organisation of merchant communities in Spain and the Low Countries (1250-1650)
Discussants:
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Maristella Botticini, Boston University and University of Torino
J. Peter Ferderer, Macalaster College
John Murray, University of Toledo
Contact:
Werner Troesken
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone 1-412-648-7459
FAX 1-412-648-9074
Session 3: Economic History of Labor: New Directions
Date: January 5, 2007
Room: Hyatt Stetson Suite G
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Presiding: Robert Margo, Boston University and NBER
Papers:
- Raymond L. Cohn, Illinois State University. The Volume and Composition of European Immigration to the Antebellum United States: An Analysis of the Passenger Lists
- Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University, Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh and Karen Rolf, University of Nebraska. The Past as Prologue: The Effect of Early Life Circumstances at the Community and Household Levels on Mid-Life and Late-Life Outcomes
- Nathan Grawe and Jenny Wahl, Carleton College. Blacks, Whites, and Brown: Effects on the Earnings of Men and Their Sons
- Andrew Seltzer. Female Clerical Salaries and the Impact of the Feminisation of Clerical Labor Markets on Male Employees: Evidence from English Banking
Discussants:
Marianne Hinds Wanamaker, Northwestern University
Lou Cain, Northwestern University
Jacob Vigdor, Duke University
Elyce Rotella, Indiana University
Contact:
Werner Troesken
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone 1-412-648-7459
FAX 1-412-648-9074