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On the biological standard of living of eighteenth-century Americans : taller, richer, healthier

Komlos, John - 2003

This study analyses the physical stature of runaway apprentices and military deserters based on advertisements collected from 18th-century newspapers, in order to explore the biological welfare of colonial and early-national Americans. The results indicate that heights declined somewhat at...

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Not What it Used to Be : The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volumes II and III

Field, Alexander J. - 2009

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Institutional Drift, Property Rights, and Economic Development : Evidence from Historical Treaties

Feir, Donna; Gillezeau, Rob; Jones, Maggie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

For nearly three centuries, Indigenous peoples within the borders of present-day Canada engaged in treaty-making with …

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New world economies : the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada

Egnal, Marc - 1998

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Was (English) Canada Poorer than the United States? Living Standards Circa 1830 to Circa 1845

Geloso, Vincent; Macera, Gonzalo - 2018

This paper uses the censuses of 1842 of Canada East (modern day Quebec) and Canada West (modern day Ontario) to help … explain the historical differences in living standards between Canada and the United States. The argument made in this paper … is that Canada East was substantially poorer than the rest of Canada. The wage and price data contained in the censuses …

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Potential Growth and Inflation : Estimates for Australia, the United States and Canada

Dungey, Mardi; Pitchford, John - 2004

Estimates of potential output growth for Australia, the United States and Canada are presented and analysed in this … growth. In Canada and the United States the SIRGs are closer to 3 per cent, and we explore the reasons why potential growth …

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Little divergence in America : market access and demographic transition in the United States

Guldi, Melanie; Rahman, Ahmed S. - 2022

This paper assesses the causal impact of greater market access on demographic transition during the latter half of the 19th century in the United States. We construct new measures of fertility changes and measures of railroad access at the county level from 1850 - 1890. We are able to document...

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The First 50 Years of the US Stock Market : New Evidence on Investor Total Return Including Dividends, 1793-1843

McQuarrie, Edward F. - 2018

Little is known about the performance of the US stock market before 1802, and evidence for the years following 1802 through the 1830s remains scanty. This paper describes a new database on total returns in the US stock market for the first fifty years of its existence, constructed in large part...

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Little Divergence in America Market Access and Demographic Transition in the United States

Guldi, Melanie; Rahman, Ahmed - 2022

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Immigrants and Natives : Comparative Economic Performance in the U.S., 1850-60 and 1965-80

Ferrie, Joseph P. - 2001

Immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before the Civil War were less likely to reside in locations with high immigrant concentrations as their time in the U.S. increased. This is contrary to the experience of recent immigrants who show no decrease in concentration after arrival. The reduced...

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