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Health and Labor Force Participation of Older Men, 1900–1991

Costa, Dora L. - In: The Journal of Economic History 56 (1996) 01, pp. 62-89

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Facts of Life: The Social Construction of Vital Statistics, Ontario 1869–1952. By George Emery. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993. Pp. xv, 243. $39.95.

Costa, Dora L. - In: The Journal of Economic History 55 (1995) 01, pp. 201-203

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412181

A house of her own: old age assistance and the living arrangements of older nonmarried women

Costa, Dora L. - In: Journal of Public Economics 72 (1999) 1, pp. 39-59

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005306807

Understanding the American Decline in Social Capital, 1952--1998

Costa, Dora L.; Kahn, Matthew E. - In: Kyklos 56 (2003) 1, pp. 17-46

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Forging a New Identity: The Costs and Benefits of Diversity in Civil War Combat Units for Black Slaves and Freemen

Costa, Dora L.; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

By the end of the Civil War, 186,017 black men had fought for the Union Army and roughly three-quarters of these men were former slaves. Because most of the black soldiers who served were illiterate farm workers, the war exposed them to a much broader world. The war experience of these men...

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Changes in the Value of Life: 1940-1980

Costa, Dora L.; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

We present the first nation wide value of life estimates for the United States at more than one point in time. Our estimates are for every ten years between 1940 and 1980, a period when declines in fatal accident rates were historically unprecedented. Our estimated elasticity of value of life...

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