This paper provides a documentation of the ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD), a county-level database … unique source for micro-regional empirical research in economic history, enabling analyses of the importance of such factors …

This paper provides a documentation of the ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD), a county-level database … unique source for micro-regional empirical research in economic history, enabling analyses of the importance of such factors …

) compared to other free men. Jews cannot be identified directly, but two versions of the Distinctive Jewish Name (DJN) technique … children, and those living in rural areas (especially on farms). Other variables the same, US-born Jews do not differ … significantly in SEI from other free, native-born men, but foreign-born Jews have a significantly higher SEI than other immigrants …

Jews born in the United States. Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States since 1965 appear to have made a very …

similar to the patterns found among Jews born in the United States. Soviet Jewish immigrants appear to have made a very …

This paper compares the occupational distributions in 1990 and 2000 of adult white men and women for American Jews and … non-Jews, after adjusting for the changes in occupational classifications. The data are from the microdata files from the …, American Jews had a greater proportion in the high level occupations (managerial and professional) in 1990, and the difference …

and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses of earnings, self-employment, and wealth. The Jews in Colonial … of most contemporary American Jews. Starting in operative, craft and laborer jobs in small scale manufacturing or in …. American Jews, from the earliest period to the present, have had high rates of self-employment compared to the non-farm white …

higher probability of being Jewish. The men identified as Jews had a higher probability of being professionals, managers, and … native born, living in the South, and living in an urban area. Controlling for a set of these variables, Jews have a … status is consistent with patterns found elsewhere for American Jews throughout the 20th century. …

similar to the patterns found among Jews born in the United States. Soviet Jewish immigrants appear to have made a very …