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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 05-001

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2005

Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

NBER Working Paper No. w11394

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022

Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots

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The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Jul 2004

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 Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots

NBER Working Paper No. w10243

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 29 Dec 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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Capital Goods Prices, Global Capital Markets and Accumulation: 1870-1950

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Capital Goods Prices, Global Capital Markets and Accumulation: 1870-1950

NBER Working Paper No. w7145

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022

William J. Collins and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus

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Capital Goods Prices, Global Capital Markets and Accumulation, 1870-1950

NBER Working Paper No. h0116

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023

William J. Collins and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus

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Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w17458

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2023

William J. Collins and Katharine Shester

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Washington and Lee University

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Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970

NBER Working Paper No. w8836

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2022

William J. Collins and Melissa A. Thomasson

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Miami University of Ohio - Department of Economics

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African American Intergenerational Economic Mobility Since 1880

NBER Working Paper No. w23395

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022

William J. Collins and Marianne Wanamaker

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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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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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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Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?

NBER Working Paper No. w6059

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2022

William J. Collins, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Dublin, Trinity College and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus

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The Labor Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1940-1960

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The Labor Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1940-1960

NBER Working Paper No. w8310

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2022

William J. Collins

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

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The Labor Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1940-1960

Posted: 05 Apr 2003

William J. Collins

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

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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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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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The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s

NBER Working Paper No. w10621

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2022

William J. Collins and Martha J. Bailey

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics

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The Housing Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1960-970

NBER Working Paper No. w9562

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022

William J. Collins

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

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The Political Economy of Fair Housing Laws Prior to 1968

NBER Working Paper No. w10610

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022

William J. Collins

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

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The Economic Assimilation of Irish Famine Migrants to the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w25287

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023

William J. Collins and Ariell Zimran

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

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The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation

NBER Working Paper No. w19040

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 May 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023

Leah Platt Boustan and William J. Collins

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics

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Did Improvements in Household Technology Cause the Baby Boom? Evidence from Electrification, Appliance Diffusion, and the Amish

NBER Working Paper No. w14641

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023

Martha J. Bailey and William J. Collins

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics

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

NBER Working Paper No. w19124

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023

William J. Collins and Marianne Wanamaker

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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The Political Economy of Race, 1940-1964: The Adoption of State-Level Fair Employment Legislation

NBER Working Paper No. h0128

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 10 May 2023

William J. Collins

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

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The Great Migration in Black and White: New Evidence on the Selection and Sorting of Southern Migrants

NBER Working Paper No. w21384

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023

William J. Collins and Marianne Wanamaker

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Unions, Workers, and Wages at the Peak of the American Labor Movement

NBER Working Paper No. w23516

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023

Brantly Callaway and William J. Collins

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

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Racial Differences in American Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run View

NBER Working Paper No. w23397

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023

William J. Collins and Michael Moody

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Miami University of Ohio - Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration

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The Great Migration of Black Americans from the Us South: A Guide and Interpretation

NBER Working Paper No. w27268

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023

William J. Collins

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

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Working Their Way Up? Us Immigrants' Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w26414

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023

William J. Collins and Ariell Zimran

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

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Black Americans’ Landholdings and Economic Mobility after Emancipation: New Evidence on the Significance of 40 Acres

NBER Working Paper No. w29858

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023

William J. Collins, Nicholas Holtkamp and Marianne Wanamaker

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Who Benefited from World War II Service and the GI Bill? New Evidence on Heterogeneous Effects for US Veterans

NBER Working Paper No. w32774

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Aug 2024

William J. Collins and Ariell Zimran

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

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Income Gains and the Geography of the Us Home Ownership Boom, 1940 to 1960

NBER Working Paper No. w31249

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 May 2023 Last Revised: 29 May 2023

William J. Collins and Gregory Niemesh

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

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Evaluating the Role of Brown V. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 213-248, 2006

Posted: 29 Feb 2008

Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?

Posted: 14 Jan 1998

William J. Collins, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, University of Dublin, Trinity College and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus

William J. Collins

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

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Who Benefited from World War II Service and the GI Bill? New Evidence on Heterogeneous Effects for US Veterans

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Income Gains and the Geography of the Us Home Ownership Boom, 1940 to 1960

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