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.

Conference Code of Conduct

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 (slides)
Discussant: Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
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.
Discussant: Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
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
Discussant: Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER
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
Discussant: Richard B. Baker, The College of New Jersey
1:50 pm
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
Raven Molloy, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

A Real Great Compression: Inflation and Inequality in the 1940s (slides)
Discussant: James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

Union Army Widows and the Historical Take-up of Social Benefits
Discussant: Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, Georgia State University
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
Discussant: Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER
4:40 pm
Adjourn