Human Capital and History: The American Record
Supported by the Spencer Foundation
December 7-8, 2012
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Friday, December 7
1

Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective

Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
2

The Female Labor Force and Long-run Development: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective

Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
3

Two Twentieth Century Fertility Transitions: Implications for Human Capital

Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Melanie E. Guldi, University of Central Florida
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
4

The Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the U.S., 1950-2010

Shelly Lundberg, University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
5

Explaining Trends in High School Graduation: The Changing Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Landscape and Income Inequality over the Last Half Century

Nora E. Gordon, Georgetown University and NBER
6

Health, Education and Income Trends in the US

Hoyt Bleakley, University of Michigan and NBER
Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
7

The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation

Leah Platt Boustan, Yale University and NBER
William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER
8

A Pollution Theory of Discrimination: Male and Female Differences in Occupations and Earnings

Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
9

The Role of Immigrant Children in their Parents' Assimilation: 1850 to 2010

Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER