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The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives
Martha J. Bailey
,
Leah Platt Boustan
&
William J. Collins
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CONFERENCE HELD
April 1, 2023
PUBLISHER
: University of Chicago Press
Table of Contents
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives"
Author(s):
Martha J. Bailey
,
Leah Platt Boustan
&
William J. Collins
Chapter 1:
Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820–1940: New Evidence
Author(s):
Jeremy Atack
,
Robert A. Margo
&
Paul W. Rhode
Chapter 2:
A Real Great Compression: Inflation and Inequality in the 1940s
Author(s):
Carola Frydman
&
Raven Molloy
Chapter 3:
Income Gains and the Geography of the US Home Ownership Boom, 1940 to 1960
Author(s):
William J. Collins
&
Gregory T. Niemesh
Chapter 4:
Union Army Widows and the Historical Take-Up of Social Benefits
Author(s):
Laura Salisbury
Chapter 5:
Marital Matching and Women’s Intergenerational Mobility in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century US
Author(s):
Martha J. Bailey
&
Peter Z. Lin
Chapter 6:
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States
Author(s):
Leah Platt Boustan
,
Jiwon Choi
&
David Clingingsmith
Chapter 7:
The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm
Author(s):
Claudia Goldin
&
Lawrence F. Katz
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