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Working Papers

2009

1. DID RAILROADS INDUCE OR FOLLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH? URBANIZATION AND POPULATION GROWTH IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST, 1850-60
   Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)

2008

2. Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850-70
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

3. Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2008)

2003

4. Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. Capital Deepening in United States Manufacturing, 1850-1880
   Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research

2001

6. Part-Year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses
   Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The
7. Part-Year Operation in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2002)

2000

8. Downtime in American Manufacturing Industry: 1870 and 1880
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
9. Productivity in Manufacturing and the Length of the Working Day: Evidence from the 1880 Census of Manufactures
   Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University (2000)
   Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The (2000) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2003)
10. Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations

1997

11. Business Activity and the Boston Stock Market, 1835-1869
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (1999)

1996

12. "Location, Location, Location!" The Market for Vacant Urban Land: New York 1835-1900
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1995

13. Irregular Production and Time-out-of-Work in American Manufacturing Industry in 1870 and 1880: Some Preliminary Estimates
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1991

14. Louis Brandeis, Work and Fatigue at the Start of the Twentieth Century: Prelude to Oregon's Hours Limitation Law
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
15. Whom Did Protective Legislation Protect? Evidence From 1880
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1990

16. How Long Was the Workday in 1880?
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1992)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Creating Abundance: Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development, 1700?1960. By Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xii, 467. $80.00 cloth; $23.99, paper
   The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (03), 888-890
2. Creating Abundance: Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development--An appreciation and research agenda
   Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46, (1), 160-167
3. Historical GIS: technologies, methodologies and scholarship
   Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (3), 781-782
4. Troubled Waters: Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821?1860. By Paul F. Paskoff. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007. Pp. xx, 324. $48.00, cloth
   The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (01), 319-320

2008

5. Editors' Notes
   The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (01), 292-299
6. Steam power, establishment size, and labor productivity growth in nineteenth century American manufacturing
   Explorations in Economic History, 2008, 45, (2), 185-198 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

7. Capital deepening and the rise of the factory: the American experience during the nineteenth century -super-1
   Economic History Review, 2005, 58, (3), 586-595 View citations
8. EDITORS' REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2004
   The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (01), 257-259

2004

9. Skill Intensity and Rising Wage Dispersion in Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing
   The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (01), 172-192 View citations

2003

10. Productivity in manufacturing and the length of the working day: evidence from the 1880 census of manufactures
    Explorations in Economic History, 2003, 40, (2), 170-194 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2002

11. PART-YEAR OPERATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN MANUFACTURING: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1870 AND 1880 CENSUSES
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (03), 792-809 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

1999

12. Business Activity and the Boston Stock Market, 1835-1869
    Explorations in Economic History, 1999, 36, (2), 144-179 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1998

13. "Location, Location, Location!" The Price Gradient for Vacant Urban Land: New York, 1835 to 1900
    The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1998, 16, (2), 151-72

1992

14. How Long Was the Workday in 1880?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (01), 129-160 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1991

15. Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women. By Claudia Goldin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. xx, 287. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (01), 246-248

1989

16. The American Census: A Social History. By Margo J. Anderson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 257. $30.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (03), 769-771

1987

17. A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780?1930. Vol. 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. xxii, 732. $50.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (01), 270-273

1986

18. Firm Size and Industrial Structure in the United States During the Nineteenth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (02), 463-475

1985

19. Industrial structure and the emergence of the modern industrial corporation
    Explorations in Economic History, 1985, 22, (1), 29-52 View citations

1984

20. Stronger Than A Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel. By Terry S. Reynolds. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology, New Series (No. 7), 1983. Pp. xviii, 454. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (01), 232-233
21. The Rise and Decline of the American Cut Nail Industry: A Study of the Relationships of Technology, Business Organization, and Management Techniques. By Amos J. Loveday Jr., Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983. Pp. xx, 160. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (04), 1118-1119

1983

22. Steel rails and American railroads, 1867-1880: Reply to Harley
    Explorations in Economic History, 1983, 20, (3), 258-262

1982

23. Steel rails and American railroads, 1867-1880
    Explorations in Economic History, 1982, 19, (4), 339-359

1981

24. Egalitarianism, Inequality, and Age: The Rural North in 1860
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (01), 85-93 View citations
25. Oliver Evans. Inventive Genius of the American Industrial Revolution. by Eugene S. Ferguson. Greenville, Delaware: Hagley Museum, 1980. Pp. 72. $4.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (03), 693-693
26. The "Egalitarian Ideal" and the Distribution of Wealth in the Northern Agricultural Community: A Backward Look
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (1), 124-29 View citations

1979

27. Fact in fiction? The relative costs of steam and water power: a simulation approach
    Explorations in Economic History, 1979, 16, (4), 409-437 View citations
28. The measurement and trend of inequality: An amendment to a basic revision
    Economics Letters, 1979, 4, (4), 389-393

1977

29. Returns to scale in antebellum United States manufacturing
    Explorations in Economic History, 1977, 14, (4), 337-359 View citations