Author Page for Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Labor Force in the Nineteenth Century

NBER Working Paper No. h0040

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid- Century

NBER Working Paper No. w3817

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022

Claudia Goldin and Robert A. Margo

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850-70

NBER Working Paper No. w14410

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022

Jeremy Atack, Michael R. Haines and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, Colgate University - Economics Department and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Productivity in Manufacturing and the Length of the Working Day: Evidence from the 1880 Census of Manufactures

Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Working Paper No. 317

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Dec 2000

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Race and Home Ownership, 1900 to 1990

NBER Working Paper No. w7277

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jan 2000 Last Revised: 22 May 2022

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w9770

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Jun 2003 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing

NBER Working Paper No. w11931

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2022

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Wages in California During the Gold Rush

NBER Working Paper No. h0101

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Railroads and Local Economic Development: The United States in the 1850s

NBER Working Paper No. w12381

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022

Michael R. Haines and Robert A. Margo

Colgate University - Economics Department and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography

NBER Working Paper No. w9594

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022

Sukkoo Kim and Robert A. Margo

Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Did Railroads Induce or Follow Economic Growth? Urbanization and Population Growth in the American Midwest, 1850-60

NBER Working Paper No. w14640

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, Michael R. Haines and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics, Colgate University - Economics Department and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w18752

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023

Lawrence F. Katz and Robert A. Margo

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w4174

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 May 2011 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 8

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The North-South Wage Gap, Before and after the Civil War

NBER Working Paper No. w8778

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing

NBER Working Paper No. w10886

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2022

William K. Hutchinson and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values

NBER Working Paper No. w10493

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 May 2004 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2022

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Economic History of the "American Economic Review": A Century's Explosion of Economics Research

NBER Working Paper No. w16274

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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"Location, Location, Location!" the Market for Vacant Urban Land: New York 1835-1900

NBER Working Paper No. h0091

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022

Jeremy Atack and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Added and Discouraged Workers in the Late 1930s: A Re-Examination

NBER Working Paper No. h0045

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023

Aldrich Finegan and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Education Achievement in Segregated School Systems: the Effects of "Separate-But-Equal"

NBER Working Paper No. w1620

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 5

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Race and Home Ownership from the Civil War to the Present

NBER Working Paper No. w16665

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Integration of Economic History into Economics

NBER Working Paper No. w23538

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 6

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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War

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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War

NBER Working Paper No. h0109

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War

NBER Working Paper No. w6643

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 27 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Changes in American and British Stature Since the Mid-Eighteenth Century: A Prelimanary Report on the Usefulness of Data on Height..

NBER Working Paper No. w0890

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022

Robert W. Fogel, Stanley L. Engerman, Roderick Floud, Richard H. Steckel, James Trussell, Kenneth Wachter, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Georgia C. Villaflor, Robert A. Margo and Gerald Friedman

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Rochester - Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, Ohio State University (OSU) - Economics, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Independent, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Boston University - Department of Economics and University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics

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Part-Year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses

Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Working Paper No. 327

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 May 2001

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 9

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Compulsory Schooling Legislation and School Attendance in Turn-of-The-Century America: A "Natural Experiment" Approach

NBER Working Paper No. h0089

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2023

Robert A. Margo and Aldrich Finegan

Boston University - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics

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Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990

NBER Working Paper No. w7749

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880

NBER Working Paper No. w7932

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment

NBER Working Paper No. h0018

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980

NBER Working Paper No. w16702

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022

Leah Platt Boustan and Robert A. Margo

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch

NBER Working Paper No. w13462

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2022

Leah Platt Boustan and Robert A. Margo

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 3

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Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880

NBER Working Paper No. w9923

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022

Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation: the American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850-1860

NBER Working Paper No. w15520

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2023

Jeremy Atack and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets Before the Civil War

NBER Working Paper No. w3198

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022

Claudia Goldin and Robert A. Margo

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Commentand Further Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w1200

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gap in the Antebellum United States: Evidence Fromthe 1850 and 1860 Censuses of Social Statistics

NBER Working Paper No. h0072

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860

NBER Working Paper No. h0063

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Citation 1

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Explaining Black-White Wage Convergence, 1940-1950: the Role of the Great Compression

NBER Working Paper No. h0044

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Explaining the Rise in Antebellum Pauperism: New Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. h0092

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023

L. Lynne Kiesling and Robert A. Margo

Northwestern University and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Wages and Prices During the Antebellum Period: a Survey and New Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. h0019

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 08 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Changes in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950: The Public vs. The Private Sector

NBER Working Paper No. w5389

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022

Robert A. Margo and Aldrich Finegan

Boston University - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics

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The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873

NBER Working Paper No. w2525

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2022

Claudia Goldin and Robert A. Margo

Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Obama, Katrina, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w21933

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Schooling and the Great Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w2697

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900-1950

NBER Working Paper No. h0014

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900: Further Results

NBER Working Paper No. h0027

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Antebellum "Surge" in Skill Differentials One More Time: New Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w1758

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022

Robert A. Margo and Georgia C. Villaflor

Boston University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Segregated Schools and the Mobility Hypothesis: A Model of Local Government Discrimination

NBER Working Paper No. h0017

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Accounting for Racial Differences in School Attendance in the American South, 1900: the Role of Separate-But-Equal

NBER Working Paper No. w2242

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Gallman Revisited: Blacksmithing and American Manufacturing, 1850-1870

NBER Working Paper No. w23399

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023

Jeremy Atack and Robert A. Margo

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction

NBER Working Paper No. w20765

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023

Leah Platt Boustan and Robert A. Margo

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics

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The Decline in Black Teenage Labor Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970: The Role of Schooling

NBER Working Paper No. w3704

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2022

Robert A. Margo and T. Aldrich Finegan

Boston University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem

NBER Working Paper No. w19147

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023

Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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Robert A. Margo

Boston University - Department of Economics

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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