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Longitudinal Studies of Human Growth and Health: A Review of Recent Historical Research

Inwood, Kris; Roberts, Evan - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2010

This paper reviews recent literature using stature and weight as measures of human welfare with a particular interest in cliometric or historical research. We begin with an overview of anthropometric evidence of living standards and the new but fast-growing field of anthropometric history. This...

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Lead and Mortality

Clay, Karen B.; Haines, Michael Robert; Troesken, Werner - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

This paper examines the effect of water-borne lead exposure on infant mortality in American cities over the period 1900-1920. Infants are highly sensitive to lead, and more broadly are a marker for current environmental conditions. The effects of lead on infant mortality are identified by...

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Retail Trade by Federal Reserve District, 1919 to 1939: A Statistical History

Park, Haelim M.; Richardson, Gary - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

series on retail trade at the district level. The new series enhances our understanding of economic trends during the Roaring …

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Pay Cuts for the Boss: Executive Compensation in the 1940s

Frydman, Carola; Molloy, Raven - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Executive pay fell during the 1940s, marking the last notable decrease in the past 70 years. We study this decline using a new panel dataset on the remuneration of top executives in 246 firms. We find that government regulation--including explicit salary restrictions and taxation--had, at best,...

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"Fisher Dynamics" in US Household Debt, 1929-2011

Mason, J. W.; Jayadev, Arjun - In: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 6 (2014) 3, pp. 214-34

The evolution of debt-income ratios over time depends on income growth, inflation, and interest rates, independent of any changes in borrowing. We examine the effect of these "Fisher dynamics" on household debt-income ratios in the United States over the period 1929–2011. Adapting a standard...

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Revolution in U.S. Fertility, Schooling and Women's Work, 1875-1940: Assessing Proposed Explanations

Cinyabuguma, Matthias; Lord, Bill; Viauroux, Christelle - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2012

This paper addresses revolutionary changes in the education, fertility and market work of U.S. families formed in the 1870s-1920s: Fertility fell from 5.3 to 2.6; the graduation rate of their children increased from 7 to 50 percent; and the fraction of adulthood wives devoted to market-oriented...

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DIVERSITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM US COUNTIES

PEDE, VALERIEN O. - In: Journal of Economic Development 38 (2013) 3, pp. 111-127

This study examines the relationship between economic growth and diversity for US counties over the period 1990 … techniques which account for the role of location and spatial dependence in the regional economic growth process. The results … suggest economic diversity has a positive impact on economic growth. …

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Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating

Barreca, Alan Irwin; Clay, Karen B.; Tarr, Joel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality rates in the U.S. during the mid 20th century. Coal...

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Selection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data

Collins, William J.; Wanamaker, Marianne H. - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 220-52

were the migrants' gains? Did migration narrow the racial gap in economic status? We find evidence of positive selection …

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Tackling Unemployment: The Legislative Dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

Wasem, Ruth Ellen - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Wasem examines the impacts and implications of the Employment Act of 1946 and discusses how provisions of the Act might be useful for today's policymakers.

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