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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 60 0 0 5 280
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 58 0 0 9 150
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 1 48 0 0 14 296
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 2 2 9 82
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 5 115 0 5 20 400
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 133
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 1 28 2 2 6 83
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 30 30 2 4 34 34
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 91 0 1 9 545
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 23 0 1 5 254
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 0 1 3 229
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 1 1 15 685
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 1 1 58 1 2 3 271
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 9 9 9 2 7 9 9
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 2 146 1 1 8 335
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 1 29 29 0 2 30 30
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 1 1 3 52 2 2 5 175
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 2 36 0 1 9 29
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 1 1 2 19 2 2 14 164
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 1 2 2 5 8 11 11
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 0 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 1 1 78
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 0 0 8 313
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 118
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 2 5 49 4 6 20 180
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 1 6 1,826
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 1 176 0 2 9 455
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 119 0 3 19 228
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 1 3 10 71
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 1 70 1 2 13 217
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 1 86 0 1 6 121
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 1 11 0 0 2 21
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 2 2 6 109
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 78 0 2 6 91
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 1 3 240 0 2 16 384
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 1 3 74
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 150
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 1 153 0 0 2 1,278
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 1 1 2 41
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 169
Total Working Papers 3 19 111 2,727 33 73 355 10,620


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 2 5 132 5 8 25 616
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 0 1 73 1 3 8 459
African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 0 0 0 12 1 1 1 126
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 20 1 5 13 109
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 5 48 1 2 13 238
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 17 0 0 4 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 98
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 268 1 3 13 917
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 2 4 15 511
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 2 81 2 5 25 381
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 154 0 1 13 389
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 2 3 6 239
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 6 158 0 1 15 951
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 1 1 4 69
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 40 0 1 5 278
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 2 3 4 296 2 4 13 1,273
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 1 10 78 0 2 24 294
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 1 2 37 0 5 14 171
The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper 0 0 0 24 1 1 2 141
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 0 10 87 2 5 44 308
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 2 5 2 2 10 76
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 2 2 5 130
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 2 6 149 2 6 37 782
Total Journal Articles 3 12 66 1,938 28 65 312 8,931


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 111
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 261
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Total Books 0 0 0 0 1 2 26 373


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 23
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 1 1 145
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 1 1 6 6 1 4 19 35
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 3 20 0 1 9 109
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 1 2 4 1 5 10 26
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Total Chapters 1 2 11 61 3 13 56 477


Statistics updated 2025-08-05