Price V. Fishback

University of Arizona

Professor

Tucson, AZ 85721-0108

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (52)

Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention: New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3060
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Oct 2007
Todd Sorensen, Price V. Fishback, Samuel Allen and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona - Department of Economics, University of Arizona, Virginia Military Institute and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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migration, New Deal, discrete choice

Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention: New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w13491
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2022
Todd Sorensen, Price V. Fishback, Samuel Allen and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona - Department of Economics, University of Arizona, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Insurance Rationing and the Origins of Workers? Compensation

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Dec 1997
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Local Economic Activity: An Examination of Retail Sales, 1929-1939

NBER Working Paper No. w8108
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Price V. Fishback, William C. Horrace and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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How Successful Was the New Deal? The Microeconomic Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending Policies in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w21925
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Striking at the Roots of Crime: The Impact of Social Welfare Spending on Crime During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w12825
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2022
Ryan Johnson, Shawn Kantor and Price V. Fishback
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Arizona
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U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w16477
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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The Holc Maps: How Race and Poverty Influenced Real Estate Professionals’ Evaluation of Lending Risk in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w28146
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 01 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
University of Arizona, Bowdoin College, University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics and University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics
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The Welfare of Children During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w8902
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2022
Price V. Fishback, Michael R. Haines and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Colgate University - Economics Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Politics, Relief, and Reform: The Transformation of America's Social Welfare System During the New Deal

NBER Working Paper No. w11080
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
John Joseph Wallis, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and the Nordic Countries: 1900-2003

NBER Working Paper No. w15982
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 May 2010 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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What Was New About the New Deal?

NBER Working Paper No. w18271
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 03 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Price V. Fishback and John Joseph Wallis
University of Arizona and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Births, Deaths, and New Deal Relief During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w11246
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 May 2005 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2022
Price V. Fishback, Michael R. Haines and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Colgate University - Economics Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Can the New Deal's Three R's Be Rehabilitated? A Program-by-Program, County-by-County Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w8903
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 27 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Price V. Fishback, Shawn Kantor and John Joseph Wallis
University of Arizona, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States 1900-1930

NBER Working Paper No. w5840
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2022
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States 1900-1930

NBER Working Paper No. W5840
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Jun 2000
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w13276
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
Leah Platt Boustan, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Did Big Government's Largesse Help the Locals? The Implications of Wwii Spending for Local Economic Activity, 1939-1958

NBER Working Paper No. w12801
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 05 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Joseph Cullen and Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona - Department of Economics and University of Arizona
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Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?

NBER Working Paper No. w4947
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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A Patchwork Safety Net: A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

NBER Working Paper No. w15696
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
University of Arizona, Virginia Military Institute, University of Arizona and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Do Federal Programs Affect Internal Migration? The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Mobility During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w8283
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 01 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Price V. Fishback, William C. Horrace and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w15824
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
University of Arizona, Syracuse University--Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Kenyon College - Department of Economics
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The Dynamics of Relief Spending and the Private Urban Labor Market During the New Deal

NBER Working Paper No. w13692
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 21 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2022
Todd Neumann, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of California, Merced, University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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A Prelude to the Welfare State: Compulsory State Insurance and Workers' Compensation in Minnesota, Ohio, and Washington, 1911-1919

NBER Working Paper No. h0064
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Irony of Reform: Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?

NBER Working Paper No. w11058
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2022-01
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Jan 2022
Price V. Fishback, Jonathan Rose, Kenneth Snowden and Thomas Storrs
University of Arizona, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics and University of Virginia
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Redlining, mortgage history

New Evidence on Redlining by Federal Housing Programs in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w29244
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Price V. Fishback, Jonathan Rose, Kenneth Snowden and Thomas Storrs
University of Arizona, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics and University of Virginia
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Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States

NBER Working Paper No. w17526
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Alan I. Barreca, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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In Search of the Multiplier for Federal Spending in the States During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w16561
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 22 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Price V. Fishback and Valenina Kachanovskaya
University of Arizona and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930

NBER Working Paper No. h0095
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12973
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Price V. Fishback and Andrew Seltzer
University of Arizona and University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics
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minimum wages, political economy

The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968

NBER Working Paper No. w26937
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Price V. Fishback and Andrew Seltzer
University of Arizona and University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics
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Insurance Rationing and the Origins of Workers' Compensation

NBER Working Paper No. w4943
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2022
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Operations of "Unfettered" Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century

NBER Working Paper No. h0105
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Flip the Switch: The Spatial Impact of the Rural Electrification Administration 1935-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w19743
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Carl Kitchens and Price V. Fishback
University of Mississippi - Department of Economics and University of Arizona
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Rising Burdens of Proofs and the Grand Bargain of Workers’ Compensation Laws

NBER Working Paper No. w26980
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Andy Yuan and Price V. Fishback
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Lifting the Curse of Dimensionality: Measures of the Labor Legislation Climate in the States During the Progressive Era

NBER Working Paper No. w14167
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 16 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Price V. Fishback, Rebecca Holmes and Samuel Allen
University of Arizona, Cox Communication and Virginia Military Institute
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Fluctuations in Weekly Hours and Total Hours Worked Over the Past 90 Years and the Importance of Changes in Federal Policy Toward Job Sharing

NBER Working Paper No. w18816
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Todd Neumann, Jason Taylor and Price V. Fishback
University of California, Merced, Central Michigan University and University of Arizona
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Welfare Spending and Mortality Rates for the Elderly Before the Social Security Era

NBER Working Paper No. w14970
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Adrian Stoian and Price V. Fishback
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy and University of Arizona
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Did Inequality in Farm Sizes Lead to Suppression of Banking and Credit in the Late Nineteenth Century?

NBER Working Paper No. w23348
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 May 2017 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
Matthew Jaremski and Price V. Fishback
Utah State University - Huntsman School of Business and University of Arizona
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Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic Realignment?

NBER Working Paper No. w18500
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Shawn Kantor, Price V. Fishback and John Joseph Wallis
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Arizona and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Forbearance by Contract: How Building and Loans Mitigated the Mortgage Crisis of the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w21786
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
Sebastián Fleitas, Price V. Fishback and Kenneth Snowden
Universidad de la Republica - Instituto de Economía, University of Arizona and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics
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Quantifying the Monetary Impacts of Changes in Burdens of Proof and Procedural Rules: A Study of Workers' Compensation, 1997-2016

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-12, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 23-41
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2023
Andy Yuan and Price V. Fishback
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Law and Economics; Labor Law; Legal Procedure; Workers' Compensation; Non-wage Labor Costs and Benefits

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New Multi-City Estimates of the Changes in Home Values, 1920-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w18272
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Price V. Fishback and Trevor M. Kollmann
University of Arizona and La Trobe University
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Social Insurance and Public Assistance in the Twentieth-Century United States: 2019 Presidential Address for the Economic History Association

NBER Working Paper No. w26938
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Collateral Damage: The Impact of Foreclosures on New Home Mortgage Lending in the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w25246
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
University of Arizona, Universidad de la Republica - Instituto de Economía, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics
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Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I

NBER Working Paper No. w26936
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Andreas Ferrara and Price V. Fishback
University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics and University of Arizona
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Safety Nets and Social Welfare Expenditures in World Economic History

NBER Working Paper No. w30067
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Rule of Law in Labor Relations, 1898-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w27614
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Inequality and the Safety Net Throughout the Income Distribution, 1929-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w27069
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 May 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
James Feigenbaum, Price V. Fishback and Keoka Grayson
Boston University - Department of Economics, University of Arizona and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Markets, Governments, and the Institutional Structure of Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and Sweden in the 20th Century

NBER Working Paper No. w30066
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Agricultural Crises and Government Responses between the World Wars in the Atlantic Trading Network

NBER Working Paper No. w30069
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours Limits Through the State Legislatures and the Courts

NBER Working Paper No. w30436
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona
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Precautionary Saving, Insurance, and the Origins of Workers' Compensation

JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. 104, No. 2, April 1996
Posted: 19 Jun 1998
Shawn Kantor and Price V. Fishback
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Arizona

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Operations of Unfettered Labor Markets: Exit and Voice in American Labor Markets at the Turn of the Century

Journal of Economic Literature, June 1998
Posted: 28 Apr 1998
Price V. Fishback
University of Arizona

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Non-Fatal Accident Compensation and the Common Law at the Turn of the Century

Posted: 20 Jan 1998
Price V. Fishback and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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