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Author:   Martha J. Bailey ,  Leah Platt Boustan ,  William J. Collins
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
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9780226840642

ISBN 10:   0226840646
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Martha J. Bailey, Leah Platt Boustan, and William J. Collins I. New Evidence on Wage Inequality 1. Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820–1940: New Evidence Jeremy Atack, Robert A. Margo, and Paul W. Rhode 2. A Real Great Compression: Inflation and Inequality in the 1940s Carola Frydman and Raven Molloy II. Measuring Inequality in Well-Being 3. Income Gains and the Geography of the US Home Ownership Boom, 1940–1960 William J. Collins and Gregory T. Niemesh 4. Union Army Widows and the Historical Take-up of Social Benefits Laura Salisbury 5. Marital Matching and Women’s Intergenerational Mobility in the Late 19th- and Early 20th- Century US Martha J. Bailey and Peter Z. Lin III. Consequences of Inequality 6. The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th-Century United States Leah Platt Boustan, Jiwon Choi, and David Clingingsmith IV. Coda 7. The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz Author Index Subject Index

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Martha J. Bailey is professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research associate of the NBER. Leah Platt Boustan is professor of economics at Princeton University as well as a research associate and codirector of the Development of the American Economy Program at the NBER. William J. Collins is the Terence E. Adderley Jr. Chair and Professor of Economics and professor of history (by courtesy) at Vanderbilt University, as well as an NBER research associate and codirector of the Development of the American Economy Program.

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