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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 0 60 1 4 26 306
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 0 3 38 188
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 3 8 18 314
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 1 1 52 1 5 28 108
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 115 3 16 52 452
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 0 4 17 150
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 1 5 20 101
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 3 33 7 12 38 70
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 1 2 38 0 7 19 173
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 0 7 33 578
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 0 4 10 264
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 1 34 34 2 8 41 41
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 1 8 21 250
Immigration in American Economic History 1 1 3 206 1 9 58 742
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 0 58 0 3 11 281
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 6 15 2 6 47 54
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 7 153 1 14 74 408
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 1 1 1 30 1 7 51 81
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 1 52 0 2 12 185
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 2 6 58 87
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 19 1 4 19 181
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 2 10 11 1 9 39 45
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 1 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 7 23 336
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 4 13 131
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 50 0 5 41 217
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 2 4 15 1,841
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 2 9 21 476
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 1 2 121 1 3 27 255
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 0 2 24 94
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 2 12 40 256
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 1 87 0 2 9 130
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 1 3 11 32
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 1 5 53 160
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 1 8 16 107
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 1 241 4 8 20 404
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 3 16 90
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 1 16 165
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 2 155 5 20 110 1,388
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 1 1 10 12 27 45 85
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 6 17 186
Total Working Papers 3 10 80 2,804 61 281 1,260 11,847


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 2 8 140 4 16 62 673
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 2 3 76 0 10 26 484
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 5 130
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 0 3 23 131
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 4 11 194
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 0 121 130 367
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 0 5 15 73
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 3 25 123
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 269 2 5 38 954
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 0 70 0 2 23 532
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 83 1 7 36 415
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 156 3 6 32 421
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 1 8 38 275
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 2 160 0 5 17 968
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 0 1 7 75
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 0 6 24 302
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 2 296 2 11 27 1,298
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 1 1 79 0 3 15 309
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 37 13 28 100 271
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 3 6 146
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 2 5 9 96 6 17 46 352
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 5 1 4 18 92
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 8 22 150
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 1 5 154 3 8 58 838
Total Journal Articles 3 12 39 1,974 36 284 810 9,713


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 9 18 128
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 2 6 38 299
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 23
Total Books 0 0 0 0 3 18 78 450


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 35
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 2 7 16 34
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 30
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 14
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 20
Indexes 0 0 0 3 1 2 9 25
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 33
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 2 3 6 151
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 1 6 11 0 2 21 55
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 2 7 13 34
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 0 9 30 139
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th-Century United States 0 0 1 5 0 2 15 40
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 2 8 13 26
Total Chapters 0 1 8 68 9 51 162 636


Statistics updated 2026-07-10