The 2023 Growth Conference: Deep-rooted Factors in Comparative Development took place on May 6-May 7, 2023 in Providence, RI. The conference program can be found here. A list of the presenters and their papers can be found below.
- Matthias Flückiger (York), Mario Larch (Bayreuth), Markus Ludwig (Braunschweig), Luigi Pascali (UPF)- “The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution”
- Etienne Le Rossignol (Namur), Sara Lowes (UCSD), Eduardo Montero (Chicago) -“Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights”
- Giorgio Chiovelli (Montevideo), Le Rossignol (Namur), Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown), Elias Papaioannou (LBS)- "The Atlas of Colonial Capitalism in Africa”
- Giorgio Chiovelli (Montevideo), Leopolodo Fergusson (Los Andes), Luiz Martınez (Chicago), Juan Torres (Stanford), Felipe Valencia (UBC)-“Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire”
- François Seyler (Laval), Arthur Silve (Laval)- “The End of Slavery in Brazil: Escape and Resistance on the Road to Freedom”
- Sam Bazzi (USCD), Andreas Ferrara (Pitt), Martin Fiszbein (BU), Thomas Pearson (Syracuse), Patrick Testa (Tulane) -“The Confederate Diaspora”
- Austin Kennedy, Ali Almelhem (WB), Murat Iyigun (Boulder), Jared Rubin (Chapman)-“Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Science in the run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis”
- Réka Juhász (Columbia), Mara Squicciarini (Bocconi), Nico Voigtländer (UCLA)-“Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France”
- Petra Moser (NYU), Anna Airoldi (NYU)- "Inequality in Science"
- Dozie Okoye (Dalhousie), Roland Pongou (Ottawa)- “Missions, Fertility Transitions, and the Reversal of Fortunes: Evidence from Border Discontinuities in the Emirates of Nigeria”
- Devesh Rustagi (Nottingham)-“Market Exposure, Civic Values, and Rules”
- Rainer Kotschy (LMU) Uwe Sunde (LMU)-“Preference Convergence Around the World”