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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 60 2 13 23 302
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 1 17 35 185
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 1 7 12 306
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 1 4 24 103
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 115 2 18 45 436
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 2 6 13 146
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 0 4 15 96
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 1 2 3 33 5 11 28 58
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 1 1 37 1 11 12 166
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 1 4 8 260
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 6 11 28 571
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 0 33 33 1 7 33 33
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 0 7 14 242
Immigration in American Economic History 1 1 2 205 11 20 52 733
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 1 58 0 4 9 278
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 15 15 1 16 48 48
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 1 7 153 5 24 60 394
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 0 2 29 0 16 47 74
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 1 52 0 5 10 183
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 5 30 53 81
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 19 1 8 16 177
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 0 2 9 9 1 11 36 36
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 2 4 6 350
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 1 5 7 84
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 1 9 20 329
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 5 9 127
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 50 4 18 40 212
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 1 4 12 1,837
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 4 9 14 467
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 120 0 10 27 252
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 2 13 24 92
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 0 17 29 244
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 86 1 1 8 128
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 1 3 8 29
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 8 41 48 155
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 0 4 10 99
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 1 1 2 241 1 4 16 396
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 6 14 87
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 2 10 15 164
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 1 2 155 20 80 90 1,368
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 0 6 19 58
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 2 7 11 180
Total Working Papers 3 9 90 2,794 97 510 1,048 11,566


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 1 3 8 138 8 23 51 657
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 0 1 74 3 7 20 474
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 1 3 5 130
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 1 10 25 128
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 2 7 190
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 2 5 12 246
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 1 8 10 68
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 3 11 22 120
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 1 269 1 12 36 949
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 0 70 2 10 24 530
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 3 83 0 14 32 408
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 1 1 2 156 1 8 27 415
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 2 16 31 267
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 2 159 3 5 13 963
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 2 6 140
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 0 13 0 2 6 74
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 0 11 20 296
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 3 296 0 4 18 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 2 78 0 9 18 306
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 1 37 10 49 77 243
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 3 143
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 3 5 91 3 10 39 335
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 5 1 3 15 88
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 10 14 142
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 6 153 8 22 57 830
Total Journal Articles 4 11 38 1,962 50 257 588 9,429


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 1 4 12 119
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 4 18 32 293
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 5 8 20 20
Total Books 0 0 0 0 10 30 64 432


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 30
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 27
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 29
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 13
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 20
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 23
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 29
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 2 2 4 148
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 2 2 6 10 2 8 25 53
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 27
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 3 7 22 130
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 1 2 5 2 8 17 38
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 18
Total Chapters 2 3 9 67 13 57 126 585


Statistics updated 2026-04-09