NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Health and Labor Force Participation Over the Life Cycle:

Evidence from the Past

February 2 and 3, 2001

Dora Costa, Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:55 AM Welcome

9:00 AM JOSEPH FERRIE, Northwestern University and NBER

The Poor and the Dead:

Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in the U.S., 1850-1860

Discussant: RICHARD STECKEL, Ohio State University and NBER

Medical Discussant: IRWIN ROSENBERG, Tufts University

9:50 AM CHULHEE LEE, Seoul National University

Regional Differences in Wartime Mortality of Union Army Recruits

Discussant: ANN MCCANTS, MIT

Medical Discussant: NEVIN SCRIMSHAW, United Nations University and NBER

10:40 AM Break

11:00 AM CLAYNE POPE, Brigham Young University and NBER

SVEN WILSON, Brigham Young University

Intergenerational Determinants of Adult Health in Nineteenth Century America

Discussant: CLAUDIA GOLDIN, Harvard University and NBER

Medical Discussant: IRWIN ROSENBERG, Tufts University

11:50 AM DANIEL SCOTT SMITH, University of Illinois

Seasoning, Disease Environment, and Conditions of Exposure: New York Union Army Regiments and Soldiers

Discussant: MICHAEL HAINES, Colgate University and NBER

Medical Discussant: CHARLES HOLMES, Partners HealthCare System

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM Adjourn for 2:07 PM Harvard Economic History Workshop

6:00 PM Group Dinner

Giannino's Restaurant

Charles Square Courtyard

Cambridge, MA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM WERNER TROESKEN and PATRICIA BEESON, University of Pittsburgh

The Significance of Lead Water Mains in American Cities: Some Historical Evidence

Discussant: REBECCA MENES, George Mason University and NBER

Medical Discussant: NEVIN SCRIMSHAW, United Nations University and NBER

9:50 AM SVEN WILSON, Brigham Young Univeristy

The Prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Disease in the Industrial Era: The United States, 1895-1910

Discussant: JOHN BROWN, Clark University

Medical Discussant: CHARLES HOLMES, Partners HealthCare System

10:40 AM Break

11:00 AM MARIO SANCHEZ, University of Chicago

Internal Mobility of Post-Bellum Americans:

Using a Panel Data of Civil War Recruits

Discussant: ROBERT MARGO, Vanderbilt University and NBER

11:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM CHEN SONG, University of Chicago

LOUIS NGUYEN, Washington University in St. Louis

The Effect of Hernias on the Labor Participation of Civil War Veterans

Discussant: PETER BLANCK, Univeristy of Iowa

1:30 PM Break

1:50 PM TAYATAT KANJANAPIPATKUL, University of Chicago

The Pensions and Labor Force Participation of Civil War Veterans

and Non-Veterans

Discussant: WILLIAM COLLINS, Vanderbilt University and NBER

2:35 PM Adjourn 1/11/01