Friday, March 31
6:30 pm
Dinner at Royal Sonesta Hotel - Riverfront Room
Saturday, April 1
Meeting at NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue:
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820-1940: New Evidence (slides)

Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER
Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
9:50 am

Marital Matching in the 19th and Early 20th Century U.S.

Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Peter Z. Lin, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

Factory Automation and Declining Trust in Institutions in the 1970s and 1980s

Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER
Jiwon Choi, Brandeis University
David Clingingsmith, Case Western Reserve University

Discussant:
Pascual Restrepo, Boston University and NBER
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

Income Gains and the Homeownership Boom 1940-1960

William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER

Discussant:
Richard B. Baker, The College of New Jersey
1:50 pm

A Real Great Compression: Inflation and Inequality in the 1940s (slides)

Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
Raven Molloy, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant:
James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Union Army Widows and the Historical Take-up of Social Benefits

Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

Discussant:
Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, Georgia State University
3:50 pm

The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm

Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER
4:40 pm
Adjourn