This is the first paper to document the effect of health on the migration propensities of African Americans in the … literacy and health on the migration propensities of African Americans from 1870 to 1910. I find that literacy and health … shocks were strong predictors of migration and the stock of health was not. There were differential selection propensities …

There is controversy about whether geography matters mainly because of its contemporaneous impact on economic outcomes …

This working paper explores the significant contributions to the history of African-American slavery made by the … explicit use of economic theory and quantitative methods. American slavery of the late antebellum period [1840-1860] was one of …

owners substantially managed slave health. The short-term evidence shows that weather affected growth via exposure to …

poor health of young slave children. The sources of deprivation can be traced to the fetal period. The slave work routine …

differences in wartime health. For example, the advantages of light-skinned soldiers over dark-skinned and of enlisted men … nutritional status. The results of this paper suggest that there were substantial disparities in the health of the slave …

We consider how age-health profiles differ by demographic characteristics such as education, race, and ethnicity. A key … feature of the analysis is the joint estimation of health and mortality to correct for the effect of mortality selection on … observed age-health profiles. The model also allows for heterogeneity in individual health at a point in time and the …