Historical Labor Markets and Inequality
Martha J. Bailey, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins, Organizers
April 1, 2023
FORMAT: We plan for authors to present their work for 30 minutes or less, then 10 minutes for the discussant's comments, and the remaining 10 minutes for open questions/discussion.
| 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 |
Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University and NBER Robert A. Margo, Boston University and NBER Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820-1940: New Evidence
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| 9:50 am |
Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Peter Z. Lin, University of California, Los Angeles Marital Matching in the 19th and Early 20th Century U.S.
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER Jiwon Choi, Brandeis University David Clingingsmith, Case Western Reserve University Factory Automation and Declining Trust in Institutions in the 1970s and 1980s
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
William J. Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER Gregory Niemesh, Miami University and NBER Income Gains and the Homeownership Boom 1940-1960
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| 1:50 pm |
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER Raven Molloy, Federal Reserve Board A Real Great Compression: Inflation and Inequality in the 1940s
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER Union Army Widows and the Historical Take-up of Social Benefits
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| 3:50 pm |
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm
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| 4:40 pm | Adjourn | |||