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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 3 11 14 292
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 59 15 26 39 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 2 5 13 301
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 3 15 24 102
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 115 11 22 40 429
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 2 7 9 142
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 4 9 16 96
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 1 2 29 32 5 15 48 52
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 1 1 1 37 5 5 6 160
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 91 4 19 24 564
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 3 4 8 259
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 1 33 33 4 10 30 30
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 7 10 14 242
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 1 204 6 30 39 719
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 1 58 3 5 8 277
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 3 15 15 10 21 42 42
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 1 7 7 153 16 43 54 386
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 0 5 29 12 37 51 70
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 1 52 4 7 9 182
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 1 1 37 10 30 35 61
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 19 5 7 13 174
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 4 8 8 7 14 32 32
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 2 4 5 348
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 4 5 6 83
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 5 8 19 325
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 4 8 8 126
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 1 3 50 10 21 36 204
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 5 9 1,833
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 4 6 11 462
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 120 8 17 30 250
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 7 11 22 86
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 13 22 27 240
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 86 0 4 7 127
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 1 4 6 27
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 27 31 38 141
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 1 5 7 96
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 1 240 1 3 14 393
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 5 10 13 86
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 6 10 11 160
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 2 155 34 43 44 1,322
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 4 13 17 56
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 5 6 9 178
Total Working Papers 5 23 120 2,790 282 588 907 11,338


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 6 135 9 23 42 643
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 0 2 74 1 5 15 468
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 2 3 4 129
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 7 13 25 125
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 1 5 6 189
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 2 4 10 243
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 4 5 6 64
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 6 14 18 115
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 268 8 24 33 945
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 0 70 6 12 22 526
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 82 10 21 32 404
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 1 1 155 3 18 28 410
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 1 2 53 7 16 22 258
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 3 159 2 5 12 960
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 2 3 7 140
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 0 13 1 3 6 73
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 8 11 17 293
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 4 296 4 9 23 1,287
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 0 3 78 5 7 19 302
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 1 37 30 49 61 224
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 2 4 143
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 1 1 4 89 4 12 40 329
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 5 1 7 14 86
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 9 10 14 141
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 5 152 8 17 47 816
Total Journal Articles 2 7 36 1,953 141 298 527 9,313


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 2 4 11 117
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 13 26 28 288
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 2 8 14 14
Total Books 0 0 0 0 17 38 53 419


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 5 6 9 30
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 4 6 10 26
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 28
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 12
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 2 4 5 20
Indexes 0 0 0 3 3 6 6 22
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 27
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 146
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 1 6 8 6 12 27 51
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 27
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 1 21 3 11 18 126
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 1 1 2 5 5 5 14 35
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 17
Total Chapters 1 3 9 65 39 69 120 567


Statistics updated 2026-02-12