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Workplace:	Economics Department, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. The Impact of World War II Army Service on Income and Mobility in the 1960s by Ethnoracial Group
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

2. Local Administration and Racial Inequality in Federal Program Access: Insights from New Deal Work Relief
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

3. Agricultural Crises and Government Responses Between the World Wars in the Atlantic Trading Network
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours Limits Through the State Legislatures and the Courts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours Limits Through the State Legislatures and the Courts, Studies in Economic History, Springer (2022) (2022)
5. Markets, Governments, and the Institutional Structure of Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and Sweden in the 20th Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (6)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
7. Safety Nets and Social Welfare Expenditures in World Economic History
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

8. Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2024) (2024)
9. Inequality and the Safety Net Throughout the Income Distribution, 1929-1940
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
10. Rising Burdens of Proofs and The Grand Bargain of Workers’ Compensation Laws
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
11. Rule of Law in Labor Relations, 1898-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
12. Social Insurance and Public Assistance in the Twentieth-Century United States: 2019 Presidential Address for the Economic History Association
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. The HOLC Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The HOLC Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2023) (2023)
14. The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
    See also Journal Article The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2018

15. Collateral Damage: The Impact of Foreclosures on New Home Mortgage Lending in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Collateral Damage: The Impact of Foreclosures on New Home Mortgage Lending in the 1930s, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2017

16. Did Inequality in Farm Sizes Lead to Suppression of Banking and Credit in the Late Nineteenth Century?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Did Inequality in Farm Sizes Lead to Suppression of Banking and Credit in the Late Nineteenth Century?, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (16) (2018)

2016

17. Economic Crisis and the Demise of a Popular Contractual Form: Building and Loan Mortgage Contracts in the 1930s
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (1)
18. How Successful Was the New Deal? The Microeconomic Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending Policies in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article How Successful Was the New Deal? The Microeconomic Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending Policies in the 1930s, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (24) (2017)

2015

19. Forbearance by Contract: How Building and Loans Mitigated the Mortgage Crisis of the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2014

20. The labour markets for male and female salaried employees and production workers during and after three crises: World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II
    Working Papers, Economic History Society

2013

21. Flip the Switch: The Spatial Impact of the Rural Electrification Administration 1935-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
22. Fluctuations in Weekly Hours and Total Hours Worked Over the Past 90 Years and the Importance of Changes in Federal Policy Toward Job Sharing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2012

23. Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Did the New Deal solidify the 1932 Democratic realignment?, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
    Chapter Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) (2012)
24. New Multi-City Estimates of the Changes in Home Values, 1920-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter New Multicity Estimates of the Changes in Home Values, 1920-1940, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
25. Relief During the Great Depression in Australia and America
    CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article Relief During the Great Depression in Australia and America, Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (2012) (2012)
26. What Was New About the New Deal?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2011

27. Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2010

28. A Patchwork Safety Net: A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article A PATCHWORK SAFETY NET: A SURVEY OF CLIOMETRIC STUDIES OF INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
29. In Search of the Multiplier for Federal Spending in the States During the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
30. Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and the Nordic Countries: 1900-2003
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
31. The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s, The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2011) View citations (17) (2011)
32. U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article US monetary and fiscal policy in the 1930s, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2010) View citations (14) (2010)

2009

33. Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Welfare spending and mortality rates for the elderly before the Social Security era, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2010) View citations (15) (2010)

2008

34. Lifting the Curse of Dimensionality: Measures of the Labor Legislation Climate in the States During the Progressive Era
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2007

35. Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention: New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (8)
36. Striking at the Roots of Crime: The Impact of Social Welfare Spending on Crime During the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
37. The Dynamics of Relief Spending and the Private Urban Labor Market During the New Deal
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Dynamics of Relief Spending and the Private Urban Labor Market During the New Deal, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2010) View citations (28) (2010)
38. The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2010) View citations (124) (2010)

2006

39. Did Big Government's Largesse Help the Locals? The Implications of WWII Spending for Local Economic Activity, 1939-1958
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2005

40. Births, Deaths, and New Deal Relief during the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Births, Deaths, and New Deal Relief during the Great Depression, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2007) View citations (73) (2007)
41. Politics, Relief, and Reform: The Transformation of America's Social Welfare System during the New Deal
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
42. The Irony of Reform: Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Chapter The Irony of Reform. Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2002

43. Can the New Deal's Three R's Be Rehabilitated? A Program-by-Program, County-by-County Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Can the New Deal's three Rs be rehabilitated? A program-by-program, county-by-county analysis, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2003) View citations (37) (2003)
44. The Welfare of Children During the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2001

45. Do Federal Programs Affect Internal Migration? The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Mobility During the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
46. The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Local Economic Activity: An Examination of Retail Sales, 1929-1939
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1997

47. Operations of "Unfettered" Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1996

48. The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States 1900-1930
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States, 1900-1930, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1998) View citations (14) (1998)
49. The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (1998) View citations (3) (1998)

1994

50. A Prelude to the Welfare State: Compulsory State Insurance and Workers' Compensation in Minnesota, Ohio, and Washington, 1911-1919
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
51. Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1995) View citations (38) (1995)
52. Insurance Rationing and the Origins of Workers' Compensation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

1988

53. Firm-Specific Evidence on Racial Wage Differentials and Workforce Segregation in Hawaii's Sugar Industry
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Firm-specific evidence on racial wage differentials and workforce segregation in Hawaii's sugar industry, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (1989) View citations (3) (1989)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (5), 1201-1219
   See also Working Paper Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
2. Labor Market Effects of Workweek Restrictions: Evidence from the Great Depression
   American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2024, 16, (4), 77-113
3. New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 141, (C)
   See also Working Paper New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s, Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (6) (2022)

2023

4. Making Social Spending Work By Peter H. Lindert, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. pp. v+422. Hbk. ISBN: 9781108478168Hbk. £25.00
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (4), 1370-1372
5. The HOLC Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (4), 1019-1056
   See also Working Paper The HOLC Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2022

6. The rich palette of the economic history curriculum
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2022, 53, (2), 165-173 View citations (1)

2021

7. The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (1), 73-96 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

8. Collateral Damage: The Impact of Foreclosures on New Home Mortgage Lending in the 1930s
   The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (3), 853-885 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Collateral Damage: The Impact of Foreclosures on New Home Mortgage Lending in the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
9. Housing Markets in a Time of Crisis: A Historical Perspective
   Chicago Fed Letter, 2020, (433)
10. Local Economic Conditions and Fertility from the Great Depression through the Great Recession
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 236-40 View citations (14)
11. Social Insurance and Public Assistance in the Twentieth-Century United States
    The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (2), 311-350 View citations (2)

2019

12. Effects of New Deal Spending and the downturns of the 1930s on private labor markets in 1939/1940
    Explorations in Economic History, 2019, 71, (C), 25-54 View citations (5)

2018

13. Did Inequality in Farm Sizes Lead to Suppression of Banking and Credit in the Late Nineteenth Century?
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (1), 155-195 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Did Inequality in Farm Sizes Lead to Suppression of Banking and Credit in the Late Nineteenth Century?, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
14. Economic crisis and the demise of a popular contractual form: Building & Loans in the 1930s
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2018, 36, (C), 28-44 View citations (7)
15. The Impact of World War II on the Demand for Female Workers in Manufacturing
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (2), 539-574 View citations (6)

2017

16. How Successful Was the New Deal? The Microeconomic Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending Policies in the 1930s
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, (4), 1435-85 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper How Successful Was the New Deal? The Microeconomic Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending Policies in the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2015

17. Flip the Switch: The Impact of the Rural Electrification Administration 1935–1940
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (4), 1161-1195 View citations (31)
18. The Multiplier for Federal Spending in the States During the Great Depression
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (1), 125-162 View citations (29)

2014

19. Hard times in the land of plenty: The effect on income and disability later in life for people born during the great depression
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 54, (C), 64-78 View citations (17)
20. Health on the Home Front: Infant Deaths and Industrial Accidents during Mobilization for World War II
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2014, 55, (2), 15-30

2013

21. Comparisons of Weekly Hours over the Past Century and the Importance of Work-Sharing Policies in the 1930s
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 105-10 View citations (18)
22. Did the New Deal solidify the 1932 Democratic realignment?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (4), 620-633 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?, NBER Working Papers (2012) (2012)
    Chapter Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?, NBER Chapters, 2012 (2012) (2012)
23. New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure
    Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50, (4), 466-486 View citations (13)
    See also Chapter New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South: The Effect of the AAA on the Agriculture Labor Structure, NBER Chapters, 2012 (2012) View citations (6) (2012)
24. Second World War spending and local economic activity in US counties, 1939–58
    Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (4), 975-992 View citations (9)

2012

25. Agricultural policy, migration, and malaria in the United States in the 1930s
    Explorations in Economic History, 2012, 49, (4), 381-398 View citations (11)
26. Relief During the Great Depression in Australia and America
    Australian Economic History Review, 2012, 52, (3), 221-249
    See also Working Paper Relief During the Great Depression in Australia and America, CEH Discussion Papers (2012) (2012)

2011

27. New deal banking reforms and Keynesian welfare state capitalism – By Ellen D. Russell
    Economic History Review, 2011, 64, (4), 1421-1423
28. The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s
    The Review of Financial Studies, 2011, 24, (6), 1782-1813 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)
29. The New Deal, Race, and Home Ownership in the 1920s and 1930s
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 366-70 View citations (1)

2010

30. A PATCHWORK SAFETY NET: A SURVEY OF CLIOMETRIC STUDIES OF INCOME MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2010, 24, (5), 895-940 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper A Patchwork Safety Net: A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
31. Striking at the Roots of Crime: The Impact of Welfare Spending on Crime during the Great Depression
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2010, 53, (4), 715 - 740 View citations (36)
32. The Dynamics of Relief Spending and the Private Urban Labor Market During the New Deal
    The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (1), 195-220 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Relief Spending and the Private Urban Labor Market During the New Deal, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
33. The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28, (4), 719-746 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (7) (2007)
34. US monetary and fiscal policy in the 1930s
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2010, 26, (3), 385-413 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
35. Welfare spending and mortality rates for the elderly before the Social Security era
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (1), 1-27 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2008

36. Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds. By John. E. Murray. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 313. $40
    The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (1), 313-315
37. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. By Amity Shlaes. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007. Pp. x, 464. $26.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (1), 325-328

2007

38. Births, Deaths, and New Deal Relief during the Great Depression
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (1), 1-14 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Births, Deaths, and New Deal Relief during the Great Depression, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (10) (2005)

2006

39. The impact of New Deal expenditures on mobility during the Great Depression
    Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (2), 179-222 View citations (43)

2005

40. Did New Deal Grant Programs Stimulate Local Economies? A Study of Federal Grants and Retail Sales During the Great Depression
    The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (1), 36-71 View citations (60)
41. Price V. Fishback, Review of Werner Troesken's water, race and disease, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2004) ISBN 0-262-20148-8 pp. xvii, 251
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2005, 35, (6), 883-884

2003

42. Can the New Deal's three Rs be rehabilitated? A program-by-program, county-by-county analysis
    Explorations in Economic History, 2003, 40, (3), 278-307 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Can the New Deal's Three R's Be Rehabilitated? A Program-by-Program, County-by-County Analysis, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (10) (2002)
43. Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization. By Joshua L. Rosenbloom. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 208. $20.00, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (1), 286-288

2001

44. The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880–1990. By Dora Costa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp. xiii, 234.$40.00, £31.95, cloth; $19.00, £ 13.50, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (1), 224-226
45. The Impact of the New Deal on Black and White Infant Mortality in the South
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (1), 93-122 View citations (19)

1999

46. Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal. By Sanford Jacoby. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 345. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (3), 836-838
47. The Business of Benevolence: Industrial Paternalism in Progressive America. By Andrea Tone. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. Pp. xxi, 264. $39.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (3), 833-835
48. The Impact of Institutional Change on Compensating Wage Differentials for Accident Risk: South Korea, 1984-1990
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1999, 18, (3), 231-48 View citations (12)

1998

49. Operations of "Unfettered" Labor Markets: Exit and Voice in American Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (2), 722-765 View citations (38)
50. Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870–1939. By Mark Aldrich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 415. $49.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (1), 278-279
51. The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States, 1900-1930
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1998, 41, (2), 305-41 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States 1900-1930, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (2) (1996)
52. The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930
    Explorations in Economic History, 1998, 35, (2), 109-139 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930, NBER Historical Working Papers (1996) View citations (2) (1996)

1997

53. Book Review: Income and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions: Socializing Security: Progressive-Era Economists and the Origins of American Social Policy
    ILR Review, 1997, 50, (4), 693-695

1996

54. Precautionary Saving, Insurance, and the Origins of Workers' Compensation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (2), 419-42 View citations (38)
55. The Durable Experiment: State Insurance of Workers' Compensation Risk in the Early Twentieth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 1996, 56, (4), 809-836 View citations (6)

1995

56. Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (3), 713-742 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (2) (1994)
57. Nonfatal Accident Compensation and the Common Law at the Turn of the Century
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1995, 11, (2), 406-33 View citations (1)

1993

58. Institutional Change, Compensating Differentials, and Accident Risk in American Railroding, 1892–1945
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (4), 796-823 View citations (10)
59. Mill & Mine: The CF & I in the Twentieth Century. By H. Lee Scamehorn · Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. 247 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $37.50. ISBN 0-8032-4214-X
    Business History Review, 1993, 67, (4), 662-664

1992

60. Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880–1960. By Crandall A. Shifflett. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1991. Pp. xx, 259. $34.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (3), 730-731
61. The Economics of Company Housing: Historical Perspectives from the Coal Fields
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1992, 8, (2), 346-65 View citations (6)
62. “Square Deal” or Raw Deal? Market Compensation for Workplace Disamenities, 1884–1903
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (4), 826-848 View citations (9)

1991

63. Narrowing the Black-White Gap in Child Literacy in 1910: The Roles of School Inputs and Family Inputs
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (4), 725-28 View citations (23)
64. Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry. By Priscilla Long. New York: Paragon House, 1989. Pp. xxv, 420. $24.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (4), 991-992

1989

65. Are Estimates of Sex Discrimination by Employers Robust? The Use of Never-Marrieds
    Economic Inquiry, 1989, 27, (2), 271-85 View citations (4)
66. Can Competition among Employers Reduce Governmental Discrimination? Coal Companies and Segregated Schools in West Virginia in the Early 1900s
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (2), 311-28 View citations (5)
67. Debt peonage in postbellum Georgia
    Explorations in Economic History, 1989, 26, (2), 219-236 View citations (9)
68. Firm-specific evidence on racial wage differentials and workforce segregation in Hawaii's sugar industry
    Explorations in Economic History, 1989, 26, (4), 403-423 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Firm-Specific Evidence on Racial Wage Differentials and Workforce Segregation in Hawaii's Sugar Industry, Working Papers (1988) (1988)
69. Legacy of the Ludlow Massacre: A Chapter in American Industrial Relations. By Howard M. Gitelman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 355. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (3), 781-783
70. The Quality of Services in Company Towns: Sanitation in Coal Towns During the 1920s
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (1), 125-144 View citations (2)

1988

71. Black Coal Miners in America: Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980. By Ronald L. Lewis. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987. Pp. xv, 239. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (2), 496-498
72. Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy. By Robert David Ward and William Warren Rogers. University: University of Alabama Press, 1987. Pp. x, 159. $19.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (1), 219-220

1987

73. Out of the Crucible: Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875–1980. By Dennis C. Dickerson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 323. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 573-574

1986

74. Did Coal Miners “Owe Their Souls to the Company Store”? Theory and Evidence from the Early 1900s
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (4), 1011-1029
75. More Deadly than War: Pacific Coast Logging, 1827–1981. By Andrew Mason Prouty. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. Pp. xxvii, 252. $30.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (4), 1097-1098
76. The Kingdom of Coal: Work, Enterprise and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields. By Donald L. Miller and Richard E. Sharpless. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Pp. xxii, 360. $35.00 cloth, $17.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (3), 871-872
77. Workplace safety during the progressive era: Fatal accidents in bituminous coal mining, 1912-1923
    Explorations in Economic History, 1986, 23, (3), 269-298 View citations (8)

1985

78. Discrimination on Nonwage Margins: Safety in the West Virginia Coal Industry, 1906-1925
    Economic Inquiry, 1985, 23, (4), 651-69 View citations (2)
79. Fire in the Hole: Miners and Managers in the American Coal Industry. By Curtis Seltzer. Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 276. $28.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (3), 755-756

1984

80. Employment Conditions of Blacks in the Coal Industry, 1900–1930
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (2), 605-608
81. Segregation in Job Hierarchies: West Virginia Coal Mining, 1906–1932
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (3), 755-774 View citations (3)

1983

82. The Distribution of the Income in the Great Depression: Preliminary State Estimates
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (1), 217-230 View citations (5)

Books

2014

1. Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)

2013

2. The Microeconomics of New Deal Policy
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Well Worth Saving
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (35)
4. Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)

2007

5. Government and the American Economy
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (17)

2000

6. A Prelude to the Welfare State
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (54)
7. A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (54)

1992

8. Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890-1930
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (19)

Edited books

2014

1. Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (35)

Chapters

2024

1. Cliometrics and the Great Depression
   Springer
   Also in Springer (2016)

2022

2. Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours Limits Through the State Legislatures and the Courts
   Springer
   See also Working Paper Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours Limits Through the State Legislatures and the Courts, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) (2022)

2020

3. Inequality and the Safety Net in American Cities throughout the Income Distribution, 1929–1940
   A chapter in Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth, 2020, pp 529-567

2018

4. North America
   Palgrave Macmillan

2016

5. World War II and US Economic Performance
   Springer View citations (3)

2015

6. New Deal Funding: Estimates of Federal Grants and Loans across States by Year, 1930–1940
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2015, vol. 31, pp 41-109 View citations (3)

2014

7. Introduction to "Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective"
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 1-13 View citations (8)
8. New Multicity Estimates of the Changes in Home Values, 1920-1940
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 203-244 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper New Multi-City Estimates of the Changes in Home Values, 1920-1940, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2013

9. An HOLC Primer
   A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 54-69
10. Appendix: Walking through the Analysis of the Impact of the HOLC
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 133-145
11. Conclusion
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 120-131
12. Introduction to "Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership"
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 1-8 View citations (21)
13. Pressures for Government Action
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 31-40
14. Repairing Mortgage and Housing Markets
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 103-111
15. The Borrowers' Good Deal
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 82-102
16. The Cost to Taxpayers and Subsidies to the Housing Market
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 112-119
17. The Economic Rationale for the HOLC
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 41-53
18. The Lenders' Good Deal
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 70-81
19. The Mortgage Crisis
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 20-30
20. The Patchwork Mortgage Market in the 1920s
    A chapter in Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership, 2013, pp 9-19

2012

21. Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?
    A chapter in The Microeconomics of New Deal Policy, 2012
    See also Working Paper Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) (2012)
    Journal Article Did the New Deal solidify the 1932 Democratic realignment?, Elsevier (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
22. New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South: The Effect of the AAA on the Agriculture Labor Structure
    A chapter in The Microeconomics of New Deal Policy, 2012 View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure, Elsevier (2013) View citations (13) (2013)

2011

23. Information and the Impact of Climate and Weather on Mortality Rates during the Great Depression
    A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 131-167 View citations (26)
24. Teaching American Economic History
    Chapter 50 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011
25. The Effects of Weather Shocks on Crop Prices in Unfettered Markets: The United States Prior to the Farm Programs, 1895-1932
    A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 99-130 View citations (2)

2006

26. Politics, Relief, and Reform. Roosevelt's Efforts to Control Corruption and Political Manipulation during the New Deal
    A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 343-372 View citations (10)
27. The Irony of Reform. Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?
    A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 285-318 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Irony of Reform: Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2000

28. Appendixes
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 205-286
29. Compensation for Accidents before Workers' Compensation
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 28-53
30. Epilogue. Lessons from the Origins of Workers' Compensation
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 197-204
31. Framing the Issues
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 8-27
32. Introduction: Why Study the Origins of Workers' Compensation?
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 1-7
33. References
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 287-302
34. The Battles over Benefit Levels, 1910-1930
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 172-196
35. The Economic Impact of the Switch to Workers' Compensation
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 54-87
36. The Fractious Disputes over State Insurance
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 148-171
37. The Political Process of Adopting Workers' Compensation
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 120-147
38. The Timing of Workers' Compensation's Enactment in the United
    A chapter in A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation, 2000, pp 88-119

1994

39. Coalition Formation and the Adoption of Workers? Compensation: The Case of Missouri, 1911 to 1926
    A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 259-298 View citations (3)