Research Papers

Publications

• "How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities"
  (with Philipp Ager, James J. Feigenbaum, and Casper Worm Hansen)
  Review of Economic Studies, Accepted (Paper)

• "A Different Land of Opportunity: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the Early Twentieth-Century US"
  Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41(1): 77-102 (Paper) 

• "Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants"
  Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82(4): 959-1002 (Paper) 

• "How Widespread are Social Network Effects? Evidence from the Early Twentieth-Century US"
  Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40(1): 187-237 (Paper) 

• "The Return to Education in the Mid-Twentieth Century: Evidence from Twins"
  (with James J. Feigenbaum)
  Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80(4): 1101-1142 (Paper)

• "Did Military Service During WWI Affect the Economic Status of American Veterans?"
  Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 75 (Paper)

• "More is Less? The Impact of Family Size on Education Outcomes in the United States, 1850-1940"
  Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54(4): 1154-1181 (Paper)
  Co-winner of the 2016 IPUMS USA Research Award, Minnesota Population Center (Link)

Working Papers

• "The Fewer the Better? Foreign-Born Labor and Native Employment During the Great Depression" (Paper)