Cliometrics Conference Information

The National Science Foundation annually sponsors the Cliometrics Conference. Calls for papers in progress on quantitative economic history go out in the fall.

A dozen papers are selected for presentation and another two dozen people are selected to be official discussants at the conference. These discussants are required to read all papers in advance of the conference. Each presenter has 5 minutes to summarize the paper and then discussion begins. Only one paper is given in a session and only one session occurs at a time.

The official participants range from long time distinguished and well-published economic historians to graduate students. The conference is designed to help bring research from the "in progress" stage to completed publishable work. It also provides a place for interaction among economic historians, with serious, in-depth consideration given to each paper. People in the area and interested in economic history are welcome to attend the sessions to the extent that space is available.

The 2009 conference is being held at Gettysburg College, June 5-7, in Gettysburg, PA. All sessions are scheduled for the Science Center, room 200, on the College campus.

Schedule: (download)

All sessions will take place in Science Center 200, Gettysburg College

Friday Afternoon, June 5, 2009

1:45 – 2:00 PM          Welcome and Introductions

2:00 – 3:00 PM          Session 1      Chair: Sumner La Croix
Contact Author: Susan B. Carter
“Celestial Suppers: The Political Economy of America’s Chop Suey Craze, 1900-1930”

3:00 – 3:15 PM          Fifteen Minute Break

3:15 – 4:15 PM          Session 2     Chair: Caroline Fohlin
Contact Author: Gary Richardson     Co-Author: Dan Bogart
“Pragmatic Politicians, Adaptable Rights, and London’s Expansion during the Industrial Revolution”

4.15 – 4:30 PM           Fifteen Minute Break

4:30 – 5:30 PM          Session 3     Chair: John Wallis
Contact Author: Claudia Rei
“Labor Compensation in the Portuguese and Dutch Merchant Empires”

6:30 – 7:30 PM          Reception: Official Residence of the President – 243 West Broadway Street

Saturday Morning, June 6, 2009

7:30 – 8:30 AM          Continental Breakfast: Science Center Lobby

9:00 – 10:00 AM        Session 4     Chair: Livio Di Matteo
Contact Author: Nicola Tynan
“Innovation by London’s Water Companies: Filtration as a Response to Error”

10:00 – 10:15 AM      Fifteen Minute Break

10:15 – 11:15 AM      Session 5     Chair: Jessica Bean
Contact Author: Rafael Dobado     Co-Author: David Guerrero
“The Integration of Western Hemisphere Grain Markets in the Eighteenth Century: Early Progress and Decline of Globalization”

11:15 – 11:30 AM      Fifteen Minute Break

11:30 – 12:30 PM      Session 6      Chair: Haggay Etkes
Contact Author: Jonathan Fox     Co-Authors: Price Fishback and Paul Rhode
“The Economic Response to Climate Change in the Farm Sector: The United States 1895-1969”

12:30 – 1:45 PM        Lunch: Campus Specialty Dining Center

Saturday Afternoon, June 6, 2009

2:00 – 3:00 PM          Session 7       Chair: John Tang
Contact Author: Jeffrey Greenbaum
“Child Labor and the Development of Public Schooling: Evidence from Early 20th Century Georgia”

3:00 – 3:15 PM          Fifteen Minute Break

3:15 – 4:15 PM          Session 8      Chair: Paul Rhode
Contact Author: Chris Minns     Co-Author: Patrick Wallis
“The price of skill in early modern Europe: an analysis of apprenticeship premiums, 1710-1750”

4:15 – 4:30 PM          Fifteen Minute Break

4:30 – 5:30 PM          Session 9       Chair: George Boyer
Contact Author: Jessica Hennessey
“The Adoption of Constitutional Home Rule: A Test of Endogenous Policy Decentralization”

6:30 – 7:25 PM          Reception: Historic Gettysburg Railroad Station – 35 Carlisle Street

7:30 – 9:30 PM          Dinner: Patron’s Lounge, Majestic Theater – 25 Carlisle Street

Sunday Morning, June 7, 2009

7:00 – 8:00 AM          Continental Breakfast: Science Center Lobby

8:30 – 9:30 AM          Session 10      Chair: Samuel K. Allen
Contact Author: Morgan Kelly     Co-Author: Cormac Ó Gráda
“The Poor Law versus the Positive Check: Living Standards and Mortality in England since the Middle Ages”

9:30 – 10:30 AM        Session 11      Chair: Richard Sutch
Contact Author: Marianne Ward     Co-Author: John Devereux
“The Road not taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective”

10:30 – 10:45 AM      Fifteen Minute Break

10:45 – 11:45 AM      Session 12      Chair: Lee Alston
Contact Author: Bill Lord     Co-Authors: Matthias Cinyabuguma and Christelle Viauroux
“American Demographic Transition and Married Female Labor Force Participation: What Role for Health?”