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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 3 28 308
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 0 0 35 188
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 1 5 20 316
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 1 52 1 3 27 110
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 115 1 4 50 453
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 0 1 17 151
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 1 2 18 102
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 3 33 2 9 36 72
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 2 38 0 0 19 173
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 1 2 12 266
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 3 4 37 582
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 0 9 34 2 4 28 43
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 2 4 23 253
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 3 206 2 3 58 744
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 0 58 0 0 10 281
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 5 15 2 6 44 58
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 7 153 1 4 76 411
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 1 1 30 2 4 53 84
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 0 52 3 3 13 188
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 0 5 61 90
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 0 19 2 3 19 183
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 3 10 13 1 3 34 47
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 0 7 351
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 0 6 84
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 2 4 22 338
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 2 2 15 133
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 50 0 0 36 217
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 1 3 16 1,842
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 1 3 22 477
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 2 2 25 96
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 2 121 3 5 31 259
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 2 5 42 259
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 87 0 1 10 131
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 0 1 9 32
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 0 2 51 161
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 1 3 18 109
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 1 241 0 4 18 404
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 0 16 90
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 1 1 16 166
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 2 155 1 7 111 1,390
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 1 10 1 14 46 87
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 17 186
Total Working Papers 1 5 52 2,806 51 134 1,257 11,920


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 9 141 1 7 60 676
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 1 1 3 77 3 3 27 487
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 5 131
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 0 1 23 132
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 1 12 195
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 3 3 132 370
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 2 3 18 76
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 3 28 126
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 269 0 3 36 955
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 0 70 0 0 19 532
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 83 0 2 35 416
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 1 1 3 157 2 6 35 424
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 0 2 37 276
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 2 161 4 9 22 977
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 8 77
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 1 1 25 303
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 0 296 0 3 25 1,299
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 0 1 79 0 0 15 309
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 37 1 15 102 273
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 0 0 5 146
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 2 9 96 5 19 56 365
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 1 6 1 3 16 94
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 1 21 151
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 1 5 155 5 10 60 845
Total Journal Articles 4 9 39 1,980 29 98 828 9,775


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 129
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 0 4 39 301
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 24
Total Books 0 0 0 0 2 7 78 454


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 36
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 35
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 30
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 1 1 5 21
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 25
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 34
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 2 6 151
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 0 5 11 0 0 20 55
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 34
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 0 1 31 140
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th-Century United States 0 0 1 5 0 0 13 40
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 26
Total Chapters 0 0 7 68 1 14 162 641


Statistics updated 2026-09-10