Joseph P. Ferrie

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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1.

Two Centuries of International Migration

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7866
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Joseph P. Ferrie and Timothy J. Hatton
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Essex - Department of Economics
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international migration history, development of immigration policy

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The Long Term Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families

NBER Working Paper No. w20103
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 May 2014 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
Anna Aizer, Shari Eli, Joseph P. Ferrie and Adriana Lleras-Muney
Brown University - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Time on the Ladder: Career Mobility in Agriculture, 1890-1938

NBER Working Paper No. w11231
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 May 2005 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2022
Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie
Indiana University and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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A Tale of Two Labor Markets: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Britain and the U.S. Since 1850

NBER Working Paper No. w11253
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 May 2005 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2022
Jason Long and Joseph P. Ferrie
Wheaton College and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Death and the City: Chicago's Mortality Transition, 1850-1925

NBER Working Paper No. w11427
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Joseph P. Ferrie and Werner Troesken
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics
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The End of American Exceptionalism? Mobility in the U.S. Since 1850

NBER Working Paper No. w11324
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Do Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Matter? Multigenerational Mobility in the Us, 1910-2013

NBER Working Paper No. w22635
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Joseph P. Ferrie, Catherine Massey and Jonathan Rothbaum
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research and U.S. Census Bureau, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division
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The Poor and the Dead: Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in the U.S., 1850-1860

NBER Working Paper No. h0135
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Aug 2001 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Strikes and the Law in the U.S., 1881-1894: New Evidence on the Origins of American Exceptionalism

NBER Working Paper No. w5368
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Janet Currie and Joseph P. Ferrie
Princeton University and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Socioeconomic Status in Childhood and Health after Age 70: A New Longitudinal Analysis for the U.S., 1895-2005

NBER Working Paper No. w17016
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 May 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie and Karen Rolf
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Nebraska at Omaha - The Grace Abbott School of Social Work
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The Entry into the U.S. Labor Market of Antebellum European Immigrants, 1840-60

NBER Working Paper No. h0088
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Immigrants and Natives: Comparative Economic Performance in the U.S., 1850-60 and 1965-80

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Immigrants and Natives: Comparative Economic Performance in the U.S., 1850-60 and 1965-80

NBER Working Paper No. h0093
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Immigrants and Natives: Comparative Economic Performance in the U.S., 1850-60 and 1965-80

RESEARCH IN LABOR ECONOMICS, Vol. 16
Posted: 10 Jan 1997
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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Cognitive Disparities, Lead Plumbing, and Water Chemistry: Intelligence Test Scores and Exposure to Water-Borne Lead Among World War Two U.S. Army Enlistees

NBER Working Paper No. w17161
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie, Karen Rolf and Werner Troesken
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Nebraska at Omaha - The Grace Abbott School of Social Work and University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics
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Up from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-Run Distribution of Wealth

NBER Working Paper No. w19175
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 25 May 2023
Hoyt Bleakley and Joseph P. Ferrie
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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A New Sample of Americans Linked from the 1850 Public Use Micro Sampleofthe Federal Census of Population to The1860 Federal Census Manuscript Sched

NBER Working Paper No. h0071
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
Joseph P. Ferrie
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Shocking Behavior: Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations

NBER Working Paper No. w19348
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
Hoyt Bleakley and Joseph P. Ferrie
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation

NBER Working Paper No. w20279
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
Brian Beach, Joseph P. Ferrie, Martin Hugo Saavedra and Werner Troesken
College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Rutgers University and University of Pittsburgh - Department of Economics
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Amidst Poverty and Prejudice: Black and Irish Civil War Veterans

NBER Working Paper No. w19605
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Hoyt Bleakley, Louis P. Cain and Joseph P. Ferrie
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Fetal Shock or Selection? The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Human Capital Development

NBER Working Paper No. w24725
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Brian Beach, Joseph P. Ferrie and Martin Hugo Saavedra
College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Rutgers University
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The Law and Labor Strife in the U.S., 1881-1894

Posted: 24 Jul 1996
Janet Currie and Joseph P. Ferrie
Princeton University and Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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