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Urban Dynamics in New York City

April 22, 2005

The conference will begin by examining the historical transformations of the “engine of growth” industries in the New York metropolitan area, as well as more recent changes in the nature and location of economic activities in this area. It will then address the impact of such changes on a variety of socioeconomic outcomes, both for the general population and for recent immigrants in particular.

Agenda

Friday, April 22

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast

9:00 a.m.	Introductory Remarks Timothy F. Geithner President Federal Reserve Bank of New York

SESSION 1: 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Spatial Dynamics and Growth
	New York City 1620-2005: Geography, Agglomeration, and the City as Information Hub Speaker: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Discussant: Vernon Henderson, Brown University The Geography of Entrepreneurship in the New York Metropolitan Area Speaker: Stuart S. Rosenthal, Syracuse University coauthored with William C. Strange, University of Toronto Discussant: Robert Inman, University of Pennsylvania Exogenous Shocks and the Dynamics of City Growth: Evidence from New York Speaker: Andrew F. Haughwout, Federal Reserve Bank of New York coauthored with Bess Rabin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Discussant: Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut Session Discussant: Ester Fuchs, Special Advisor for Governance and Strategic Planning to the Mayor of New York City

12:00 p.m.	Luncheon and Keynote Address The Promised City: Immigration and Openness in the Making of a World City Speaker: Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University

SESSION 2: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Immigration Immigration Trends in the New York Metropolitan Area Speaker: George J. Borjas, Harvard University Discussant: Stephen Trejo, University of Texas at Austin Trajectories for Immigrant Second Generation in New York City Presentation tables ›› Speaker: John Mollenkopf, City University of New York Graduate Center Discussant: Douglas Massey, Princeton University

3:00 p.m.	Break

SESSION 3: 3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Socioeconomic Outcomes Immigration, Health, and the City Speaker: Guillermina Jasso, New York University Discussant: Adriana Lleras-Muney, Princeton University Public Education in the Dynamic City: Lessons from New York City Speaker: Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University coauthored with Leanna Stiefel, New York University Discussant: Dalton Conley, New York University

Registration Deadline
Registration is currently closed.

Conference Location
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
12th Floor Conference Center
New York, NY

Conference Organizers
Erica Groshen and Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Contact
Please address any questions to:

Giorgio Topa
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Research
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
giorgio.topa@ny.frb.org

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