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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 0 60 2 12 24 304
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 3 5 38 188
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 3 8 13 309
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 3 4 26 106
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 115 8 15 49 444
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 3 7 16 149
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 4 4 19 100
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 1 3 33 4 10 32 62
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 1 1 2 38 7 13 19 173
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 3 4 10 263
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 6 13 33 577
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 0 33 33 2 5 35 35
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 6 6 20 248
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 2 205 5 19 54 738
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 1 58 2 3 11 280
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 15 15 4 10 50 52
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 7 153 10 18 70 404
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 0 1 29 5 9 51 79
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 1 52 2 3 12 185
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 3 23 56 84
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 19 3 6 18 180
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 2 9 10 8 12 41 44
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 2 6 350
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 1 7 84
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 3 7 19 332
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 3 4 12 130
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 50 4 12 42 216
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 1 5 13 1,838
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 2 7 16 469
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 120 0 2 27 252
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 0 6 24 92
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 9 13 38 253
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 86 1 2 9 129
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 2 4 10 31
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 4 18 52 159
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 7 10 17 106
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 1 2 241 4 7 18 400
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 2 3 16 89
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 1 5 16 165
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 2 155 7 53 97 1,375
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 5 7 23 63
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 3 5 14 183
Total Working Papers 2 6 88 2,796 154 382 1,173 11,720


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 3 8 138 10 24 59 667
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 2 2 3 76 10 16 28 484
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 0 1 5 130
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 3 6 27 131
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 4 5 11 194
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 4 7 14 250
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 5 9 15 73
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 3 8 25 123
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 1 269 3 7 38 952
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 0 70 2 6 25 532
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 3 83 3 7 35 411
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 1 2 156 2 7 29 417
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 6 15 37 273
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 2 159 4 7 17 967
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 6 140
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 0 13 1 2 7 75
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 5 8 24 301
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 3 296 9 9 27 1,296
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 0 1 78 1 5 15 307
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 1 37 10 29 87 253
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 3 3 6 146
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 2 4 6 93 5 11 37 340
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 5 1 3 15 89
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 2 3 16 144
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 7 154 4 18 58 834
Total Journal Articles 5 14 41 1,967 100 216 663 9,529


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 6 8 15 125
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 3 8 35 296
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 3 9 23 23
Total Books 0 0 0 0 12 25 73 444


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 32
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 29
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 30
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 14
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 20
Indexes 0 0 0 3 1 2 8 24
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 32
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 1 3 5 149
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 1 3 6 11 2 4 24 55
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 31
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 6 10 28 136
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 0 2 5 2 5 19 40
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 6 7 11 24
Total Chapters 1 3 9 68 31 49 152 616


Statistics updated 2026-05-06