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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

NBER Publications by Robert A. Margo

Books

Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
Published in January 2000 by University of Chicago Press
© 2000 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

Working Papers and Chapters

November 2009Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation: The American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850-1860
with Jeremy Atack: w15520
January 2009Did Railroads Induce or Follow Economic Growth? Urbanization and Population Growth in the American Midwest, 1850-60
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, Michael Haines: w14640
October 2008Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850-70
with Jeremy Atack, Michael R. Haines: w14410
October 2007Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch
with Leah Platt Boustan: w13462
July 2006Railroads and Local Economic Development: The United States in the 1850s
with Michael R. Haines: w12381
January 2006Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w11931
November 2004The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing
with William Hutchinson: w10886
May 2004The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values
with William J. Collins: w10493
January 2004The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots
with William J. Collins: w10243
August 2003Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w9923
June 2003Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
with William J. Collins: w9770
March 2003Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography
with Sukkoo Kim: w9594
February 2002The North-South Wage Gap, Before and After the Civil War
w8778
October 2000Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w7932
June 2000Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990
with William J. Collins: w7749
January 2000Front matter, table of contents, preface
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Introduction to "Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860"
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: A Review
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
New Estimates of Nominal and Real Wages for the Antebellum Period
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Intersectoral Efficiency: Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gaps
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Geographic Aspects of Labor Market Integration before the Civil War
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Wages in California during the Gold Rush
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Antebellum Wages and Labor Markets: A New Interpretation
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Postlude
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Notes
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
References
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
Index
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
August 1999Race and Home Ownership, 1900 to 1990
with William J. Collins: w7277
October 1998Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
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July 1998Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
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June 1997Wages in California During the Gold Rush
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September 1996Explaining the Rise in Antebellum Pauperism: New Evidence
with Lynne L. Kiesling: h0092
August 1996"Location, Location, Location!" The Market for Vacant Urban Land: New York 1835-1900
with Jeremy Atack: h0091
July 1996Compulsory Schooling Legislation and School Attendance in Turn-of-the-Century America: A "Natural Experiment" Approach
with T. Aldrich Finegan: h0089
December 1995Changes in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950: The Public vs. the Private Sector
with T. Aldrich Finegan: w5389
August 1995The Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gap in the Antebellum United States: Evidence fromthe 1850 and 1860 Censuses of Social Statistics
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November 1994The Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860
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April 1993Added and Discouraged Workers in the Late 1930s: A Re-Examination
with T. Aldrich Finegan: h0045
March 1993Explaining Black-White Wage Convergence, 1940-1950: The Role of the Great Compression
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September 1992The Labor Force in the Nineteenth Century
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Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s
w4174
January 1992Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets before the Civil War
with Claudia Goldin
in Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History: A Volume to Honor Robert W. Fogel, Claudia Goldin and Hugh Rockoff, editors
Wages and Prices during the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence
in American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War, Robert E. Gallman and John Joseph Wallis, editors
August 1991The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid- Century
with Claudia Goldin: w3817
July 1991The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900: Further Results
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May 1991The Decline in Black Teenage Labor Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970: The Role of Schooling
with T. Aldrich Finegan: w3704
December 1990The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment
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Wages and Prices During the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence
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October 1990Segregated Schools and the Mobility Hypothesis: A Model of Local Government Discrimination
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August 1990The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900-1950
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January 1990Front matter, Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History
in Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History, Robert A. Margo
December 1989Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets Before the Civil War
with Claudia Goldin: w3198
January 1988Schooling and the Great Migration
w2697
October 1987The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873
with Claudia D. Goldin: w2525
May 1987Accounting for Racial Differences in School Attendance in the American South, 1900: The Role of Separate-But-Equal
w2242
November 1985The Antebellum "Surge" in Skill Differentials One More Time: New Evidence
with Georgia C. Villaflor: w1758
May 1985Education Achievement in Segregated School Systems: The Effects of "Separate-But-Equal"
w1620
September 1983Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Commentand Further Evidence
w1200
n/aFree Labor and Slave Labor
with Stanley L. Engerman
in Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, Douglas Irwin and Richard Sylla, editors

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