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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 0 2 26 306
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 59 0 0 38 188
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 0 48 1 6 19 315
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 1 1 52 1 3 27 109
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 115 0 8 52 452
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 0 20 1 2 18 151
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 0 28 0 1 18 101
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 3 33 0 8 36 70
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 2 38 0 0 19 173
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 91 1 2 34 579
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 23 1 2 11 265
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 0 1 34 34 0 6 38 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 3 22 251
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 3 206 0 4 57 742
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 0 58 0 1 10 281
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 0 6 15 2 4 47 56
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 7 153 2 6 75 410
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 1 1 30 1 3 52 82
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 0 52 0 0 10 185
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 37 3 6 61 90
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 0 19 0 1 17 181
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 2 10 12 1 2 35 46
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 0 4 23 336
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 1 13 131
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 50 0 1 37 217
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 3 15 1,841
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 0 176 0 7 21 476
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 1 2 121 1 4 28 256
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 1 24 0 2 23 94
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 0 70 1 4 40 257
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 1 87 1 2 10 131
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 0 1 11 32
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 1 2 52 161
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 78 1 2 17 108
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 1 241 0 4 20 404
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 1 16 90
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 165
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 2 155 1 14 111 1,389
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 1 1 10 1 23 45 86
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 3 17 186
Total Working Papers 1 9 78 2,805 22 149 1,249 11,869


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 9 141 2 8 59 675
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 0 3 76 0 0 25 484
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 1 1 5 131
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 0 20 1 1 23 132
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 1 1 12 195
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 0 48 0 117 129 367
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 17 1 1 16 74
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 3 3 28 126
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 269 1 3 38 955
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 21 532
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 83 1 5 35 416
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 156 1 5 33 422
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 2 53 1 3 37 276
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 1 2 3 161 5 6 22 973
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 1 7 76
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 41 0 1 24 302
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 0 0 296 1 3 26 1,299
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 2 15 309
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 37 1 19 101 272
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 0 3 9 96 8 20 52 360
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 5 1 4 17 93
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 1 7 21 151
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 5 154 2 6 58 840
Total Journal Articles 2 9 38 1,976 33 217 815 9,746


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 3 17 128
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 2 5 40 301
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 23
Total Books 0 0 0 0 2 8 79 452


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 1 4 13 36
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 1 6 17 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 0 4 20
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 25
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 34
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 2 6 151
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 3 13 34
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 21 1 4 31 140
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th-Century United States 0 0 1 5 0 0 14 40
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 26
Total Chapters 0 0 7 68 4 24 163 640


Statistics updated 2026-08-07