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Working Papers
2009
Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation: The American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850-1860
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
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
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION
Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
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
2007
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2006
Railroads and Local Economic Development: The United States in the 1850s
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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)
2004
Ideology, Government, and the American Dilemma
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2007)
The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2006)
The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2003) Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University (2003) View citations
2003
Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Capital Deepening in United States Manufacturing, 1850-1880
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research
Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
See also Chapter (2006)
Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Chapter (2004)
2002
The North-South Wage Gap, Before and After the Civil War
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
2001
Part-Year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses
Macroeconomics, EconWPA
Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The (2001)
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)
Race and Home Ownership in Twentieth Century America: The Role of Sample Composition
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
Also in Macroeconomics, EconWPA (2000) Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The (2000) View citations NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000)
See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2003)
2000
Productivity in Manufacturing and the Length of the Working Day: Evidence from the 1880 Census of Manufactures
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The (2000) View citations Macroeconomics, EconWPA (2000) View citations
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2003)
Race and Home Ownership: A Century-Long View
Working Papers, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University View citations
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2001)
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
The History of Wage Inequality in America, 1920 to 1970
Macroeconomics, EconWPA
Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, The (1999) View citations
1999
Race and Home Ownership, 1900 to 1990
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
1998
Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
1997
Wages in California During the Gold Rush
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Chapter (2000)
1996
"Location, Location, Location!" The Market for Vacant Urban Land: New York 1835-1900
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Compulsory Schooling Legislation and School Attendance in Turn-of-the-Century America: A "Natural Experiment" Approach
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1996)
Explaining the Rise in Antebellum Pauperism: New Evidence
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1995
Changes in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950: The Public vs. the Private Sector
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gap in the Antebellum United States: Evidence fromthe 1850 and 1860 Censuses of Social Statistics
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1994
The Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1993
Added and Discouraged Workers in the Late 1930s: A Re-Examination
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Explaining Black-White Wage Convergence, 1940-1950: The Role of the Great Compression
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1992
Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1993)
The Labor Force in the Nineteenth Century
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
1991
The Decline in Black Teenage Labor Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970: The Role of Schooling
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)
The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid- Century
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)
The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900: Further Results
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (1993)
1990
Segregated Schools and the Mobility Hypothesis: A Model of Local Government Discrimination
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1991)
The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900-1950
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1991)
Wages and Prices During the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence
NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Chapter (1992)
1989
Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets Before the Civil War
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Chapter (1992)
1988
Schooling and the Great Migration
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
1987
Accounting for Racial Differences in School Attendance in the American South, 1900: The Role of Separate-But-Equal
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1987)
The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1985
Education Achievement in Segregated School Systems: The Effects of "Separate-But-Equal"
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1986)
The Antebellum "Surge" in Skill Differentials One More Time: New Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
1983
Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Commentand Further Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1984)
Journal Articles
2008
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)
2007
The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values
The Journal of Economic History , 2007, 67 , (04), 849-883 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
2006
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. vii, 416. $35
The Journal of Economic History , 2006, 66 , (02), 532-534
The impact of the Civil War on capital intensity and labor productivity in southern manufacturing
Explorations in Economic History , 2006, 43 , (4), 689-704
See also Working Paper (2004)
2005
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
Global Perspectives on Industrial Transformation in the American South. Edited by Susana Delfino and Michele Gillespie. New Currents in the History of Southern Economy and Society Series. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. Pp. vii, 240. $24.95, paper
The Journal of Economic History , 2005, 65 , (04), 1176-1178
Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom. By Heather Andrea Williams. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Pp xii, 304. $29.95
The Journal of Economic History , 2005, 65 , (02), 590-591
Understanding the Process of Economic Change. By Douglass C. North. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. Pp. vii, 187. $29.95
The Journal of Economic History , 2005, 65 , (02), 602-604
2004
Skill Intensity and Rising Wage Dispersion in Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing
The Journal of Economic History , 2004, 64 , (01), 172-192 View citations
2003
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)
Race and the value of owner-occupied housing, 1940-1990
Regional Science and Urban Economics , 2003, 33 , (3), 255-286
See also Working Paper (2001)
2002
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)
The Great Compression of the 1940s: The Public versus the Private Sector
Explorations in Economic History , 2002, 39 , (2), 183-203
2001
Race and Home Ownership: A Century-Long View
Explorations in Economic History , 2001, 38 , (1), 68-92 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
2000
Residential segregation and socioeconomic outcomes: When did ghettos go bad?
Economics Letters , 2000, 69 , (2), 239-243 View citations
1999
Regional Wage Gaps and the Settlement of the Midwest
Explorations in Economic History , 1999, 36 , (2), 128-143 View citations
1998
"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
Wages and Labor Markets before the Civil War
American Economic Review , 1998, 88 , (2), 51-56 View citations
1997
Explaining the rise in antebellum pauperism, 1850-1860: New evidence
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance , 1997, 37 , (2), 405-417
General and Miscellaneous The New Economics of Human Behavior. Edited by Mariano Tommasi and Kathryn Ierulli. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 238. $17.95
The Journal of Economic History , 1997, 57 , (01), 259-260
Resources, deprivation and poverty: by Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996, 261 p, [UK pound]35.00
Journal of Development Economics , 1997, 53 , (2), 485-488
1996
Compulsory schooling legislation and school attendance in turn-of-the century America: A 'natural experiment' approach
Economics Letters , 1996, 53 , (1), 103-110 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
The Rental Price of Housing in New York City, 1830?1860
The Journal of Economic History , 1996, 56 , (03), 605-625
1995
Explaining black-white wage convergence, 1940û1950
Industrial and Labor Relations Review , 1995, 48 , (3), 470-481
Labor Market Evolution: The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility, and the Employment Relation. Edited by George Grantham and Mary MacKinnon. New York: Routledge. Pp. v, 322. $69.95
The Journal of Economic History , 1995, 55 , (03), 734-735
1994
Literacy in the United States: Readers and reading since 1880: by Carl F. Kaestle, Helen Damon-Moore, Lawrence C. Stedman, Katherine Tinsley and William Vance Trollinger, Jr. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1991. pp vii, 338. ISBN 0-300-04946-3. Hardback $35.00
Economics of Education Review , 1994, 13 , (3), 272-273
Sources of Metropolitan Growth: Edwin S. Mills and John F. McDonald, eds. (Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 1992) pp. ix, 307, $29.95 (cloth)
Regional Science and Urban Economics , 1994, 24 , (4), 525-527
Work Relief and the Labor Force Participation of Married Women in 1940
The Journal of Economic History , 1994, 54 , (01), 64-84 View citations
1993
Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s
Journal of Economic Perspectives , 1993, 7 , (2), 41-59 View citations
See also Working Paper (1992)
Inequality, poverty, and history: Jeffrey G. Williamson, (Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1991) ISBN 1-55786-118-8, pp. vii, 151. $19.50
Journal of Development Economics , 1993, 40 , (2), 393-395
The Decline in Black Teenage Labor-Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970: The Role of Schooling
American Economic Review , 1993, 83 , (1), 234-47
See also Working Paper (1991)
The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900: Further Results
Explorations in Economic History , 1993, 30 , (4), 409-423 View citations
See also Working Paper (1991)
The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress: Joel Mokyr, (Oxford University Press, New York, 1990) pp. i + 349. ISBN 0-19- 506113-6. $24.95
Journal of Development Economics , 1993, 40 , (1), 208-212
1992
Comments on Hanes, Kantor, and Owen
The Journal of Economic History , 1992, 52 , (02), 464-468
Explaining the postwar suburbanization of population in the United States: The role of income
Journal of Urban Economics , 1992, 31 , (3), 301-310 View citations
The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid-century
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1992, 107 , (1), 1-34 View citations
See also Working Paper (1991)
1991
Asia's next giant: South Korea and late industrialization: Alice H. Amsden, (Oxford University Press, New York, 1989) ISBN 0-19-505852-6, $29.95
Journal of Development Economics , 1991, 35 , (1), 213-215
City-suburb socioeconomic differences: evidence from the 1940 and 1950 census public use samples
Economics Letters , 1991, 36 , (2), 223-226
Segregated Schools and the Mobility Hypothesis: A Model of Local Government Discrimination
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1991, 106 , (1), 61-73 View citations
See also Working Paper (1990)
The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment
The Journal of Economic History , 1991, 51 , (02), 333-341 View citations
See also Working Paper (1990)
1990
The incidence and duration of unemployment: Some long-term comparisons
Economics Letters , 1990, 32 , (3), 217-220 View citations
1989
The effect of migration on black incomes: Evidence from the 1940 census
Economics Letters , 1989, 31 , (4), 403-406
The poor at birth: Birth weights and infant mortality at Philadelphia's almshouse hospital, 1848-1873
Explorations in Economic History , 1989, 26 , (3), 360-379 View citations
Work and Labor in Early America. Edited by Stephen Innes. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Pp. vii, 297. $29.95, cloth; $9.95, paper
The Journal of Economic History , 1989, 49 , (03), 763-764
1987
Accounting for Racial Differences in School Attendance in the American South, 1900: The Role of Separate-but-Equal
The Review of Economics and Statistics , 1987, 69 , (4), 661-66
See also Working Paper (1987)
Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750?1950. By Judith Walzer Leavitt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Pp. ix, 284. $21.95
The Journal of Economic History , 1987, 47 , (03), 835-836
Gunnar Myrdal and Black-White Relations: The Use and Abuse of An American Dilemma, 1944?1969. By David W. Southern. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. Pp. xiii, 341. $35.00
The Journal of Economic History , 1987, 47 , (04), 1068-1069
The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: New Evidence
The Journal of Economic History , 1987, 47 , (04), 873-895 View citations
1986
Educational Achievement in Segregated School Systems: The Effects of "Separate-but-Equal."
American Economic Review , 1986, 76 , (4), 794-801 View citations
See also Working Paper (1985)
Race and Human Capital: Comment
American Economic Review , 1986, 76 , (5), 1221-24 View citations
Race, Educational Attainment, and the 1940 Census
The Journal of Economic History , 1986, 46 , (01), 189-198 View citations
1985
Racial Conflict and Economic Development. By W. Arthur Lewis. The W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1985. Pp. 134. $12.50
The Journal of Economic History , 1985, 45 , (04), 1029-1030
1984
Teacher salaries in black and white: The south in 1910
Explorations in Economic History , 1984, 21 , (3), 306-326
Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks before World War I: Comment and Further Evidence
American Economic Review , 1984, 74 , (4), 768-76 View citations
See also Working Paper (1983)
1983
Heights of Native-Born Whites During the Antebellum Period
The Journal of Economic History , 1983, 43 , (01), 167-174 View citations
1982
Discussion
The Journal of Economic History , 1982, 42 , (01), 187-189
Books
2000
Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
1990
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Chapters
2006
Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
Elsevier
See also Working Paper (2003)
2004
Historical perspectives on U.S. economic geography
Chapter 66 in Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics , 2004, vol. 4, pp 2981-3019 View citations
See also Working Paper (2003)
2000
Antebellum Wages and Labor Markets: A New Interpretation
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 142-157
Geographic Aspects of Labor Market Integration before the Civil War
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 95-118
Intersectoral Efficiency: Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gaps
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 76-94
Introduction to "Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860"
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 1-5
New Estimates of Nominal and Real Wages for the Antebellum Period
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 36-75
Notes
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 161-182
Also in A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 135-150 (1990)
Postlude
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 158-160
References
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 183-194
Also in A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 151-160 (1990)
The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: A Review
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 6-35
Wages in California during the Gold Rush
A chapter in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860 , 2000, pp 119-141
See also Working Paper (1997)
1992
Wages and Prices during the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence
A chapter in American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War , 1992, pp 173-216 View citations
See also Working Paper (1990)
Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets before the Civil War
A chapter in Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History: A Volume to Honor Robert W. Fogel , 1992, pp 67-104 View citations
See also Working Paper (1989)
1990
Conclusion: Race, Social Change, and the Labor Market
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 129-134
Race and Schooling in the South: A Review of the Evidence
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 6-32
The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900 to 1950
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 87-108
The Impact of Separate-but-Equal
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 68-86
The Political Economy of Segregated Schools: Explaining the U-Shaped Pattern
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 33-51
Two Explanations of Economic Progress
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 1-5
“Teacher Salaries in Black and White”: Pay Discrimination in the Southern Classroom
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 52-67
“To the Promised Land”: Education and the Black Exodus
A chapter in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History , 1990, pp 109-128
Editor
Explorations in Economic History
Elsevier