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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 1 60 1 2 7 280
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 1 3 58 0 6 13 150
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 1 48 2 8 14 296
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 1 51 1 2 15 80
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 1 3 4 114 4 6 18 395
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 0 1 4 81
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 27 30 30 0 26 30 30
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 2 36 0 0 2 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 1 91 1 4 9 544
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 23 1 2 5 253
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 0 0 3 228
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 3 4 20 684
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 0 57 0 0 1 269
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 2 146 0 2 7 334
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 1 4 28 28 1 9 28 28
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 2 51 0 0 3 173
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 4 36 0 2 12 28
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 18 1 1 13 162
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 1 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 77
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 1 65 4 7 11 313
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 0 4 47 2 6 15 174
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 1 6 1,825
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 1 176 0 2 8 453
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 119 0 5 17 225
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 0 4 7 68
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 2 70 0 2 13 215
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 0 85 0 0 5 120
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 1 11 0 0 4 21
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 0 4 5 107
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 78 0 0 5 89
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 10 239 2 3 23 382
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 0 2 73
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 149
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 1 153 0 0 3 1,278
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 1 9 1 1 3 40
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 169
Total Working Papers 4 38 110 2,708 29 116 340 10,547


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 6 130 2 7 25 608
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 1 1 73 2 3 8 456
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 0 0 125
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 4 20 1 4 16 104
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 6 48 2 3 13 236
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 17 0 0 5 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 1 24 0 1 5 98
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 4 268 1 2 11 914
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 1 3 12 507
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 1 80 0 4 25 376
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 154 0 6 14 388
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 0 0 3 236
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 7 157 0 2 20 950
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 1 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 0 1 3 68
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 40 1 1 5 277
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 1 3 293 0 5 13 1,269
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 1 2 10 77 4 9 26 292
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 1 36 0 3 12 166
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 1 1 140
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 1 2 10 87 7 14 47 303
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 4 1 2 8 74
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 1 5 128
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 6 147 3 7 38 776
Total Journal Articles 2 9 69 1,926 25 80 316 8,866


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 3 4 17 110
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 261
Total Books 0 0 0 0 3 5 32 371


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 0 1 21
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 24
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 1 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 1 2 2 23
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 144
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 1 3 5 5 3 7 18 31
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 3 20 0 0 12 108
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 21
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13
Total Chapters 1 3 9 59 5 17 53 464


Statistics updated 2025-05-12