Robert Margo
Robert Andrew Margo (born September 27, 1954 ) is an American economist and professor at Boston University .
Margo specializes in the history of the American economy with a particular focus on African Americans. Together with Claudia Goldin , he coined the term Great Compression , a period in which the income inequalities narrowed in the USA between 1940 and the 1970s , before they have increased again since then.
Scientific career
Margo received her PhD from Harvard University in 1982 . From 1981 to 1986 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania .
literature
- with Claudia Goldin : The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid-Century Abstract
- The Economic History of the American Economic Review: A Century's Explosion of Economics Research
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Margo, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margo, Robert Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1954 |