Conference on Economic Development

 

Sponsored by the Arts and Sciences Faculty Research and Scholarship Program,

and the Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Saturday October 13, and Sunday October 14, 2007

4500 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

 

7:00 p.m.         Informal dinner: Joe Mama’s, 3716 Forbes Avenue

 

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

 

9:00 a.m.         Breakfast, 4700 WWPH

 

9:30 a.m.         Schooling and Development

Chair: David N. DeJong, University of Pittsburgh

The Causes and Consequences of Cross-Country Differences in Schooling Attainment  PDF

            Todd Schoellman, Clemson University 

The Role of Education in Development  PDF

Juan Carlos Córdoba, Rice University

Marla Ripoll, University of Pittsburgh

Schooling Externalities, Technology and Productivity: Theory and Evidence from U.S. States  PDF

            Susana Iranzo, University of Sydney and Universitat Rovira Virgili

            Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER

 

12:00 noon      Lunch: pick up at 4700 WWPH; eat outside at Schenley Plaza

 

1:30 p.m.         Understanding Fertility Declines

                        Chair: Ted Temzelides, University of Pittsburgh

Fertility Decline and Baby Boom  PDF

            Curtis Simon, Clemson University

            Robert Tamura, Clemson Univertisy and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Trends in Fertility and the Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution in Dynastic Models  PDF

            Larry E. Jones, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

            Alice Schoonbroodt, University of Southampton

 

3:10 p.m.         Coffee break, 4700 WWPH

 

 

3:30 p.m.         Development Lessons from US History

                        Chair: Jim Feigenbaum, University of Pittsburgh

Women’s Liberation: What Was in It for Men?  PDF

            Matthias Doepke, UCLA, NBER and CEPR

            Michèle Tertilt, Stanford University and University of Pennsylvania

Exploring the Implications of Large Decreases in Transportation Costs  PDF

            Berthold Herrendorf, Arizona State University

            James A. Schmitz Jr, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

            Arilton Teixeira, Fundacão Capixaba de Pesquisa

 

5:10 p.m.         Adjourn

 

7:00 p.m.         Conference dinner: Lucca Ristorante, 317 South Craig Street

 

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14

 

8:30 a.m.         Breakfast, 4700 WWPH

 

9:00 a.m.         Technology Adoption and Diffusion

Chair: Jack Ochs, University of Pittsburgh

Why England First? The End of Resistance and the Start of the Revolution  PDF

Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos III and CEPR

Stephen L. Parente, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CRENoS

An Exploration of Technology Diffusion  PDF

            Diego Comin, New York University

            Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Geography of Trade and Multinational Production in a Ricardian World 

            Natalia Ramondo, University of Texas-Austin

            Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Pennsylvania State University

 

11:30 a.m.       Lunch, 4700 WWPH

 

12:00 noon      Physical Capital and Financial Constraints

                        Chair: Gene Gruver, University of Pittsburgh

Financing Scale and Relative Prices

            Francisco J. Buera, Northwestern University

            Joseph P. Kaboski, Ohio State University

            Yongseok Shin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Entrepreneurship with Borrowing Constraints in a Model of Economic Development

            Rui Castro, University of Montreal

            Gian Luca Clementi, New York University

            Aubhik Khan, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 

1:40 p.m.         Adjourn