Make It Do or Do Without– The U.S. Rubber Industry in World War II

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Thursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT

Britanya Williams

Britanya Williams is a rising junior (’22) with a major in Economics and a minor in Data Analysis. She is originally from Kingston, Jamaica and has been thrilled to call Wesleyan her new home. She was introduced to statistical analysis at the beginning of her sophomore year and since then she has worked as a course assistant and summer research assistant in the Econ department.

Abstract: The goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of World War II war production and its role in the development of the U.S. economy in the 1940s. This project serves to build on Professor Brunet’s previous research on the economic effects of U.S. war production. After obtaining summary data covering more than 190,000 contracts issued for U.S. war production, the primary work of this project is to systematically code the products specified in each contract using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes matching the 1947 Census of Manufactures. Through coding war products by industry, in this case The Rubber Industry, we are able to produce a much richer dataset that can be used to address a wide variety of economic questions relating to the industry’s effects on employment, income, consumption, firm-level investment, etc.

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Live Poster Session: Zoom Link
Thursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT

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