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Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease
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NBER Cohort Studies Group |
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2004 Annual Plenary Meeting |
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April
23 and 24, 2004 |
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Hotel Monaco, Salt Lake City, UT |
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Program (4/6/04) |
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Friday, April 23 |
Early Indicators
Technical and Progress Reports |
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Hotel Monaco, Paris Ballroom B |
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8:00-8:30 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast |
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8:30-9:15 a.m. |
Noelle
Yetter, Sharon Nielsen, Christian James |
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Center
for Population Economics |
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Updates from the Archives: Alerts for users: where to look for |
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non-coded variables and other useful tips |
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Discussion regarding collection and interpretation of other data and
variables, |
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e.g., rejectees, widow information, ex-slave owners, surgeons
certificates |
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9:15-10:00
a.m. |
Joseph
Burton, University of Chicago |
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Completion of the Union Army sample |
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Brothers sample updates |
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Genealogy Search Web application demonstration |
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Summary of research assistant projects and progress |
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10:00-10:15
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Dora
Costa, MIT and NBER |
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Joseph
Burton, University of Chicago |
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10:15-10:30
a.m. |
Claudia Linares and Paula Canavese, University of
Chicago |
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Matrix of health conditions by age and year
showing each veteran's entire |
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medical history on one page |
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10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45-11:15 a.m. |
Sven Wilson, Brigham Young University |
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Coding projects |
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BYU research assistant presentations(s) |
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11:15-11:35 a.m. |
Robert Fogel, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Paula Canavese, University of Chicago |
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Arthritis: The Evolution
of its Prevalence, 19th and 20th Centuries |
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11:35-1:00 p.m. |
Buffet Lunch, Paris Ballroom A |
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1:00-1:30 p.m. |
Peter Blanck, University of Iowa |
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Chen Song, Resolution Economics, LLC |
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1:30-1:50 p.m. |
Claudia Linares and Dejun Su, University of Chicago |
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1:50-2:10 p.m. |
Paula Canavese and Claudia Linares, University of
Chicago |
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Comorbidities for the Union Army: Survival
Analysis and Impact on Death |
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2:10-2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30-3:10 p.m. |
Subgrant Reports |
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Judith Pizarro, University of California, Irvine: Traumatic War Experiences
and Post-War Lifetime Disease Development Among Civil War Veterans |
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Tayatat Kanjanapipatkul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Thailand
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3:10-3:30
p.m. |
Javier
Birchenall, Abhijit Bhalla, and Claudia Linares, University of Chicago |
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3:30-3:50
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Lorens
Helmchen, Center for Population Economics |
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Can Occupational Change Explain the
Rise in Obesity? A Look at the Past 100 Years |
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5:00-10:00
p.m. |
Dinner,
Sundance Resort Screening Room |
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5:15
Bus departs from Hotel Monaco |
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6:30
9:00 Dinner |
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10:00
Arrive back at Hotel Monaco |
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Saturday, April 24 |
Early Indicators and Cohort Studies Papers |
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Hotel Monaco, Paris Ballroom B |
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8:00-8:30 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast |
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8:30-8:45
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Robert
Fogel and Dora Costa |
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Welcome
and Introductions |
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8:45-9:45
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Keynote
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Robert Fogel, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Changes in the Disparities in Chronic Disease over the Course of the Twentieth Century |
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9:45-10:15
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Dora
Costa, MIT and NBER |
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Race and Older Age-Mortality: Evidence from Union Army Veterans |
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10:15-10:30
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Break |
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10:30-11:15
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Richard
Steckel, Ohio State University and NBER |
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Early Life Stress and Age at Death from Skeletal Evidence and slides |
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11:15-12:00
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Nevin
Scrimshaw, United Nations University and NBER |
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Nutritional and Other Environmental Influences Alter the Human Phenotype at All Stages in the Life Cycle: Beyond the Barker Evidence |
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12:00-1:15
p.m. |
Buffet
Lunch, Paris Ballroom A |
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1:15-2:00
p.m. |
Joseph
Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Longitudinal Data for the Analysis of Mobility in the
US, 1850-1910 |
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2:00-2:45
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John
Brown, Clark University |
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Income, Sanitation, Sharing, and the Weather: Infant Mortality in Turn of the Century Munich |
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2:45-3:00
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Break |
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3:00-3:30
p.m. |
Werner
Troesken, University of Pittsburgh and NBER |
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Lead Poisoning and Water in the Modern World |
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3:30-4:15
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Chulhee
Lee, Seoul National University |
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Military Service, Wartime Stress, and Economic Mobility of the |
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Union Army Veterans |
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4:15
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Adjourn |