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作者:University of Helsinki
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作者:University of British Columbia
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作者:University of California System; University of California Davis; National Bureau of Economic Research; Stellenbosch University; Baylor University
摘要:We provide the first estimates of immigrant residential segregation between 1850 and 1940 that cover the entire United States and are consistent across time and space. To do so, we adapt the Logan-Parman method to immigrants by measuring segregation based on the nativity of the next-door neighbor. In addition to providing a consistent measure of segregation, we also document new patterns such as high levels of segregation in rural areas, in small factory towns and for non-European sources. Ear...
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作者:Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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作者:Northwestern University
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作者:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research
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作者:Clemson University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Yale University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Atlanta
摘要:Our 2017 article in this Journal stresses the pitfalls of using choice-based samples in economic history. A prominent example is the literature addressing the so-called antebellum puzzle. Heights researchers claim that Americans grew shorter in the first half of the nineteenth century, a period of robust economic growth. We argue that this result relies on choice-based samples. Without knowing the process that led to inclusion in the sample, researchers cannot properly estimate conditional mea...
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作者:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; National Bureau of Economic Research
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作者:Auburn University System; Auburn University
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作者:University of Richmond; Princeton University; Bocconi University; Northwestern University; Stanford University; Chapman University System; Chapman University; University of California System; University of California Davis; Harvard University; University of Melbourne; Baylor University; University of Pisa