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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Human Capital and History: The American Record |
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Leah Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert Margo, Organizers |
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December
7 and 8, 2012 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
Ballroom
A |
40
Edwin Land Boulevard |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
Friday, December 7: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
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Lawrence Katz, Harvard University and NBER |
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Robert Margo, Boston University and NBER |
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Discussant: David Autor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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9:50 am |
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Edward Glaeser, Harvard University
and NBER |
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Yueran Ma, Harvard
University |
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Discussant: Matthew Kahn, University of California
at Los Angeles and NBER |
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10:40 am |
Break |
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11:10 am |
The Female Labor
Force and Long-run Development: The American Experience in Comparative
Perspective |
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Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and NBER |
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Discussant: Francine Blau,
Cornell University and NBER |
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12:00 n |
Lunch, Ballroom B |
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Speakers: Stanley
Engerman, University of Rochester and NBER |
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Robert
Fogel, University of Chicago and NBER |
1:30 pm |
Two
Twentieth Century Fertility Transitions: Implications for Human Capital |
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Martha Bailey, University of Michigan and NBER |
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Melanie E. Guldi,
University of Central Florida |
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Brad Hershbein, W.E.
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
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Discussant: Richard Easterlin,
University of Southern California |
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2:20 pm |
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Shelly Lundberg, University of California, Santa
Barbara |
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Robert A. Pollak,
Washington University in St. Louis and NBER |
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Discussant: Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan
and NBER |
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3:10 pm |
Break |
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3:40 pm |
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Nora Gordon, Georgetown University and NBER |
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Discussant: Sarah Reber,
University of California at Los Angeles and NBER |
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4:30 pm |
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Hoyt Bleakley, University
of Chicago and NBER |
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Dora Costa, University of California at Los Angeles
and NBER |
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Adriana Lleras-Muney,
University of California at Los Angeles and NBER |
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Discussant: Richard Steckel,
Ohio State University and NBER |
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5:20 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner, Ballroom B |
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Speaker: Gary Becker, University of Chicago |
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Saturday, December 8: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White
Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation |
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Leah Boustan, University
of California at Los Angeles and NBER |
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William Collins, Vanderbilt University and NBER |
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Discussant: Richard Freeman, Harvard University and
NBER |
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9:50 am |
A Pollution Theory
of Discrimination: Male and Female Differences in Occupations and Earnings |
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Claudia Goldin, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Discussant: Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University and
NBER |
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10:40 am |
Break |
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11:10 am |
The Role
of Immigrant Children in their Parents' Assimilation: 1850 to 2010 |
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Joseph Ferrie,
Northwestern University and NBER |
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Ilyana Kuziemko, Columbia University and NBER |
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Discussant: Robert Whaples,
Wake Forest University |
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12:00 n |
Adjourn |
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