ASSA January 2006
Cliometric Society Sessions

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, January 6-8, 2006.

Session 1: Wealth and Mobility in Historical Perspective

Date: January 6, 2006
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Chair: Robert Margo, Boston University and NBER

Papers:

• Howard Bodenhorn, Lafayette College and NBER, and Christopher S. Ruebeck, Lafayette College. Colorism and African-American Wealth: Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century South
• Art Carden, Washington University in Saint Louis. Institutions and Southern Development: The Strange Career of Judge Lynch
• Chulhee Lee, Seoul National University. Assignment of Military Positions and Post-Service Economic Mobility: Experiences of Union Army Veterans, 1860-1880
• Leslie McGranahan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Intestacy and Estate Distribution in Early 20th Century Ireland

Discussants:
Robert Margo, Boston University and NBER
Raven Saks, Harvard University
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
John Murray, University of Toledo

Session 2: The Economic History of Labor and Health

Date: January 6, 2006
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Chair: Lee Craig, North Carolina State University

Papers:

• Samuel K. Allen, University of California Ð Davis. The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefits Since 1930
• Tomas Cvrcek, Vanderbilt University. Food Supply Fluctuations and Cycles of Growth
• Carola Frydman and Raven Saks, Harvard University. Historical Trends in Executive Compensation, 1936-2003
• John E. Murray, University of Toledo. Demand for Private Health Insurance and the Failure of Progressive Reform

Discussants:
Melissa Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
John Brown, Clark University
Martha Bailey, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and University of Michigan
Lee Craig, North Carolina State University

Session 3: Economic Shocks and Cycles in the Past

Date: January 7, 2006
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Chair: TBA

Papers:

• Alexander J. Field, Santa Clara University. The Impact of World War II on U.S. Productivity Growth
• Carlos D. Ramirez, George Mason University, and Philip A. Shively, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Do Bank Failures Affect Real Economic Activity? State-Level Evidence from the pre-Depression Era
• Ulisses Ruiz-de-Gamboa, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Brazilian Sovereign Debt, Default and the "New Ricardian Equivalence Model"

Discussants: TBA