Human Capital and History: The American Record

December 7-8, 2012

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, December 7
1	Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective
2	Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER The Female Labor Force and Long-run Development: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective
3	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 Two Twentieth Century Fertility Transitions: Implications for Human Capital
4	Shelly Lundberg, University of California at Santa Barbara Robert Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER The Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the U.S., 1950-2010
5	Nora E. Gordon, Georgetown University and NBER Explaining Trends in High School Graduation: The Changing Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Landscape and Income Inequality over the Last Half Century
6	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 Health, Education and Income Trends in the US
7	Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation
8	Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER A Pollution Theory of Discrimination: Male and Female Differences in Occupations and Earnings
9	Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER The Role of Immigrant Children in their Parents' Assimilation: 1850 to 2010