National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
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National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
The American Record
About This Book
America's expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capitalâthe knowledge and skill of workersâhas featured prominently in American economic leadership over the past two centuries.
Human Capital in History brings together contributions from leading researchers in economic history, labor economics, the economics of education, and related fields. Building on Claudia Goldin's landmark research on the labor history of the United States, the authors consider the roles of education and technology in contributing to American economic growth and well-being, the experience of women in the workforce, and how trends in marriage and family affected broader economic outcomes. The volume provides important new insights on the forces that affect the accumulation of human capital.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Series Page
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective
- 2. Explaining Trends in High School Graduation: The Changing Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Landscape and Income Inequality over the Last Half Century
- 3. The Role of Immigrant Children in Their Parentsâ Assimilation in the United States, 1850â2010
- 4. Health, Education, and Income in the United States, 1820â2000
- 5. The Female Labor Force and Long-Run Development: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective
- 6. The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Womenâs Labor Force Participation
- 7. Cohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the United States, 1950â2010
- 8. Is There a Case for a âSecond Demographic Transitionâ?: Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 US Fertility Decline
- 9. A Pollution Theory of Discrimination: Male and Female Differences in Occupations and Earnings
- 10. The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs
- 11. Claudia Goldin
- Notes
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index