Offering new research on strategic factors in the development of the nineteenth century American economy—labor, capital, and political structure—the contributors to this volume employ a methodology innovated by Robert W. Fogel, one of the leading pioneers of the "new economic history."...

Introduction / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- Transitions over the lifecycle. Women working longer: facts and some explanations / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- The return to work and women's employment decisions / Nicole Maestas -- Understanding why black women are not working...

Introduction / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- Transitions over the lifecycle. Women working longer: facts and some explanations / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- The return to work and women's employment decisions / Nicole Maestas -- Understanding why black women are not working...