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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 4 29 310
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 0 0 34 188
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 1 3 21 317
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 1 52 0 2 25 110
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 115 2 3 52 455
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 0 1 17 102
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 3 33 1 3 36 73
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 2 38 1 1 20 174
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 0 2 12 266
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 0 4 37 582
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 0 2 34 1 3 26 44
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 0 3 22 253
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 3 206 1 3 58 745
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 0 4 42 58
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 1 1 8 154 1 4 72 412
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 0 1 30 0 3 53 84
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 0 52 1 4 14 189
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 3 6 62 93
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 0 19 0 2 17 183
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy 15 15 15 15 2 7 7 7
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 0 2 9 13 0 2 31 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 0 2 21 338
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 2 15 133
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 50 2 2 38 219
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 1 14 1,842
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 1 2 23 478
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 0 2 25 96
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 121 2 6 31 261
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 1 4 43 260
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 1 1 10 33
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 1 2 52 162
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 1 3 19 110
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 1 241 1 1 19 405
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 0 1 16 166
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 2 155 1 3 112 1,391
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 1 10 1 3 47 88
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 17 186
Total Working Papers 16 18 59 2,822 28 101 1,255 11,948


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 1 8 141 1 4 59 677
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 1 3 77 0 3 26 487
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 1 2 22 133
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 1 1 1 49 1 4 133 371
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 1 18 1 4 19 77
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 1 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 1 2 35 417
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 1 3 157 1 4 35 425
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 0 1 36 276
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 2 161 2 11 24 979
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 3 9 78
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 41 0 1 23 303
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 0 296 0 1 21 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 3 5 104 276
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 2 2 11 98 3 16 57 368
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 1 6 0 2 15 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 0 1 5 155 1 8 57 846
Total Journal Articles 4 10 41 1,984 16 78 822 9,791


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 0 1 17 129
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 1 3 40 302
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 24
Total Books 0 0 0 0 1 5 77 455


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 36
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 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 0 1 5 21
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 25
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 34
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 0 5 151
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 0 12 34
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 2 3 32 142
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th-Century United States 0 0 1 5 1 1 13 41
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 26
Total Chapters 0 0 7 68 3 8 159 644


Statistics updated 2026-10-11