A Mini-Conference sponsored by the Center for Economic History, the von Gremp Seminar in Entrepreneurial and Economic History, and the Ziman Center for Real Estate
For papers please check the von Gremp seminar web page, http://www.econ.ucla.edu/workshops/index.cfm
Speakers:
Jan Brueckner (UC Irvine) : “Subprime Mortages and the Housing Bubble”
Werner Troesken and Randall Walsh (University of Pittsburgh) : “The Thugs of Tocqueville: Markets, States, and the Making of American Apartheid, 1877-1948″
Chinhui Juhn (U of Houston) : “Selection and Specialization in the Evolution of Couples’ Earnings”
Matthew Kahn (UCLA) : “Natural Disasters as Local Labor Market Shocks: U.S Evidence from the 1930s” (joint with Leah Boustan and Paul Rhode)