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Working Papers

2025

1. Competition and Consumer Discrimination
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Long-Run Impacts of Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Groups in Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Workplace Stratification and Racial Health Disparities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

4. Her Property Transactions: White Women and the Frequency of Female Ownership in the Antebellum Era
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

5. One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

6. Black-Friendly Businesses in Cities During the Civil Rights Era
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Black-Friendly businesses in cities during the Civil Rights Era, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
7. Inclusive American Economic History:Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow Laws, and the Great Migration
   Working Papers Series, Institute for New Economic Thinking
8. The Antebellum Roots of Distinctively Black Names
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article The antebellum roots of distinctively black names, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2019

9. Physician Bias and Racial Disparities in Health: Evidence from Veterans' Pensions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
10. Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2023) (2023)

2018

11. Do Black Politicians Matter?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
12. Non-Randomly Sampled Networks: Biases and Corrections
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2017

13. Racial Segregation and Southern Lynching
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2015

14. The Mortality Consequences of Distinctively Black Names
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article The mortality consequences of distinctively black names, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2016) View citations (12) (2016)
15. The National Rise in Residential Segregation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The National Rise in Residential Segregation, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2017) View citations (66) (2017)

2013

16. Distinctively Black Names in the American Past
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Distinctively black names in the American past, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2014) View citations (15) (2014)

2012

17. Identifying Confirmatory Bias in the Field: Evidence from a Poll of Experts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2009

18. Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2013) (2013)
19. South Africa's post-apartheid two-step: social demands versus macro stability
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article South Africa's Post-apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2008

20. Are Engel Curve Estimates of CPI Bias Biased?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
21. Economies of Scale in the Household: Puzzles and Patterns from the American Past
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THE HOUSEHOLD: PUZZLES AND PATTERNS FROM THE AMERICAN PAST, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2011) View citations (17) (2011)
22. Health, Human Capital, and African American Migration Before 1910
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Health, human capital, and African-American migration before 1910, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2009) View citations (14) (2009)
23. Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (12) (2014)

2007

24. Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
25. Whoa, Nellie! Empirical Tests of College Football's Conventional Wisdom
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2006

26. On the Heterogeneity of Dowry Motives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article On the heterogeneity of dowry motives, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2016) View citations (13) (2016)

2005

27. The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (21) (2009)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Black-Friendly businesses in cities during the Civil Rights Era
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 141, (C)
   See also Working Paper Black-Friendly Businesses in Cities During the Civil Rights Era, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
2. Non-representative sampled networks: Estimation of network structural properties by weighting
   Journal of Econometrics, 2024, 240, (1) View citations (2)

2023

3. The Enduring Effects of Racial Discrimination on Income and Health
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61, (3), 924-40
4. The Evolution of Access to Public Accommodations in the United States
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (1), 37-102 View citations (14)
5. Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence
   The Journal of Economic History, 2023, 83, (2), 538-571
   See also Working Paper Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2022

6. American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (2), 81-98 View citations (4)
7. Symposium: Race and Economic Literature—Introduction
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (2), 375-76
8. The antebellum roots of distinctively black names
   Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2022, 55, (1), 1-11 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Antebellum Roots of Distinctively Black Names, NBER Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2021

9. Homefront: Black Veterans and Black Voters in the Civil Rights Era
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 32-36 View citations (1)
10. Long-run analysis of regional inequalities in the US
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021, 37, (1), 49-69 View citations (2)
11. The Persistence of Historical Racial Violence and Political Suppression: Implications for Contemporary Regional Inequality
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, 694, (1), 92-107

2020

12. Do Black Politicians Matter? Evidence from Reconstruction
    The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (1), 1-37 View citations (15)
13. Is the Best Interest of the Child Best for Children? Educational Attainment and Child Custody Assignment
    Southern Economic Journal, 2020, 86, (3), 1041-1080
14. Revenue per Quality of College Football Recruit
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21, (6), 571-592 View citations (4)

2019

15. The Republic for Which it Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1896. By Richard White. New York, NY: Oxford, 2017. Pp. xx, 94. $35.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (1), 305-308
16. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. By Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp. xx, 296. $30.00, hardcover. - Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South. By Keri Leigh Merritt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. x, 373. $59.99, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (4), 1180-1183

2018

17. Identifying Confirmatory Bias in the Field
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, 19, (1), 50-81 View citations (5)
18. On the marital status of U. S. slaves: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana
    Explorations in Economic History, 2018, 69, (C), 50-63 View citations (8)
19. Rural Segregation and Racial Violence: Historical Effects of Spatial Racism
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2018, 77, (3-4), 821-847 View citations (2)
20. Segregation and mortality over time and space
    Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 199, (C), 77-86 View citations (2)

2017

21. Location matters: Historical racial segregation and intergenerational mobility
    Economics Letters, 2017, 158, (C), 67-72 View citations (16)
22. Segregation and Homeownership in the Early Twentieth Century
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 410-14 View citations (9)
23. The National Rise in Residential Segregation
    The Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77, (1), 127-170 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper The National Rise in Residential Segregation, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (17) (2015)

2016

24. Howard Bodenhorn, The color factor: the economics of African-American well-being in the nineteenth-century South ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xvi+320. 27 figs. 60 tabs. ISBN 9780199383092 Hbk. £25.99)
    Economic History Review, 2016, 69, (3), 1045-1046
25. On the heterogeneity of dowry motives
    Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (1), 135-166 View citations (13)
    Also in Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (1), 135-166 (2016) View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper On the Heterogeneity of Dowry Motives, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (20) (2006)
26. The Effect of Recruit Quality on College Football Team Performance
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2016, 17, (6), 578-600 View citations (12)
27. The mortality consequences of distinctively black names
    Explorations in Economic History, 2016, 59, (C), 114-125 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The Mortality Consequences of Distinctively Black Names, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (14) (2015)

2015

28. A Time (Not) Apart: A Lesson in Economic History from Cotton Picking Books
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2015, 42, (4), 301-322 View citations (2)
29. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. By Edward E. Baptist. New York: Basic Books, 2014. Pp. xxvii, 498. $35.00, cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (3), 919-931
30. The Transformation of Hunger Revisited: Reply
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (2), 526-530 View citations (2)

2014

31. Are Sports Betting Markets Prediction Markets?
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (1), 45-63 View citations (8)
32. Distinctively black names in the American past
    Explorations in Economic History, 2014, 53, (C), 64-82 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Distinctively Black Names in the American Past, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
33. Does the Hot Hand Drive the Market? Evidence from College Football Betting Markets
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2014, 40, (4), 583-603 View citations (8)
34. Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?
    Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2014, 47, (2), 81-94 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (15) (2008)
35. Run to Glory and Profits: The Economic Rise of the NFL During the 1950s. By David George Surdam. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2013. Pp. x, 433. $55.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (2), 632-633
36. The Dynamics of African-American Health: A Historical Perspective
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2014, 41, (3), 299-318 View citations (4)

2013

37. Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 529-564
    See also Working Paper Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
38. Measuring Up: A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950. By Moramay Lopez-Alonso. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Published in 2012. xvii, 276 pp., $65.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2013, 73, (2), 618-619

2012

39. Food, Energy, and the Creation of Industriousness: Work and Material Culture in Agrarian England, 1550–1780. By Craig Muldrew. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. vii, 355. $99.00, cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (2), 542-543

2011

40. ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THE HOUSEHOLD: PUZZLES AND PATTERNS FROM THE AMERICAN PAST
    Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49, (4), 1008-1028 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Economies of Scale in the Household: Puzzles and Patterns from the American Past, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (8) (2008)
41. Econometric tests of American college football's conventional wisdom
    Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (20), 2493-2518 View citations (9)
42. Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past
    Journal of Human Capital, 2011, 5, (2), 111 - 152 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2010

43. Family Health, Children's Own Health, and Test Score Gaps
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 195-99 View citations (5)

2009

44. Health, human capital, and African-American migration before 1910
    Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46, (2), 169-185 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Health, Human Capital, and African American Migration Before 1910, NBER Working Papers (2008) (2008)
45. Hunger: A Modern History. By James Vernon. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 369. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (4), 1166-1168
46. South Africa's Post-apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 275-81 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper South Africa's post-apartheid two-step: social demands versus macro stability, International Finance Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
47. The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (2), 388-408 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (14) (2005)

2006

48. Food, nutrition, and substitution in the late nineteenth century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (3), 527-545 View citations (5)
49. Nutrition and Well-Being in the Late Nineteenth Century
    The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (2), 313-341 View citations (18)

2005

50. The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania. By Timothy Cuff. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. vii, 277. $99.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (4), 1160-1162

Books

2017

1. Economics, Sexuality, and Male Sex Work
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

2022

1. Family Allocation Strategy in the Late Nineteenth Century
   Springer View citations (1)

2020

2. The failure of economics and the marginalisation of research on race
   Chapter 1 in Publishing and Measuring Success in Economics, 2020, vol. 1, pp 117-123