Macroeconomics Across Time and Space

1 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

CULTURE

• "From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise of Pre-Marital Sex and its De-stigmatization," Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Jeremy Greenwood, and Nezih Guner
  (410 KB, 49 pages)
• "Culture, Institutions, and the Wealth of Nations," Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Gerard Roland (295 KB, 38 pages)

COFFEE BREAK: 30 Minutes

3:10 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

INEQUALITY

• "The Missing Swedish Skill Premium: Sweden Versus the United States, 1970-2002," David Domeij and Lars Ljungqvist (506 KB, 40 pages)
• "Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis," Fatih Guvenen, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Serdar Ozkan (949 KB, 59 pages)

BREAK: 30 Minutes

5:20 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.

CHINA

• "A Quantitative Analysis of China's Structural Transformation," Robert Dekle and Guillaume Vandenbroucke (366 KB, 26 pages)

6:30 p.m.

COCKTAILS AND DINNER

8:30 a.m.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

ECONOMIC HISTORY

• "Real Origins of the Great Depression: Monopoly Power, Unions and the American Business Cycle in the Interwar Period," Monique Ebell and Albrecht Ritschl (555 KB, 46 pages)
• "Colonies," Matthias Doepke and Andrea Eisfeldt (232 KB, 35 pages)

COFFEE BREAK: 30 Minutes

11:10 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.

AGRICULTURE

• "Agricultural Productivity and Growth in Turkey," Ayşe İmrohoroğlu, Selahattin İmrohoroğlu, and Murat Üngör (249 KB, 30 pages)
• "Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences," Tasso Adamopolous and Diego Restuccia (678 KB, 33 pages)

12:50 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LUNCH

• Distinguished Speaker: Ellen McGrattan, "Transition to FDI Openness"

2:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.

TECHNOLOGY

• "An Intensive Exploration of Technology Diffusion," Diego Comin and Martí Mestieri
  (534 KB, 41 pages)
• "Investment in Vintage Capital," Boyan Jovanovic and Yuri Yatsenko (455 KB, 24 pages)

ADJOURN