Robert A. Margo
Department of Economics
Boston University
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617/353-6819
Fax: 617/343-8495
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WWW: http://www.bu.edu/econ/people/faculty/margora/
NBER Program Affiliations:
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LS
NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Information about this author at RePEc
NBER Working Papers and Publications
| June 2017 | The Integration of Economic History into Economics
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| May 2017 | Gallman Revisited: Blacksmithing and American Manufacturing, 1850-1870
with Jeremy Atack: w23399
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| January 2016 | Obama, Katrina, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality
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Published: Robert A. Margo, 2016. "Obama, Katrina, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality," The Journal of Economic History, vol 76(02), pages 301-341. citation courtesy of 
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| December 2014 | Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction
with Leah Boustan: w20765
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| October 2014 | Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective
with Lawrence F. Katz
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record"
with Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements
with Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Indexes
with Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Introduction to "Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective"
with William J. Collins
in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| August 2014 | Economies of Scale in Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem
in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| December 2013 | Front matter, acknowledgments, table of contents
with William J. Collins
in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| List of contributors, indexes
with William J. Collins
in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| June 2013 | Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem
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| February 2013 | Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective
with Lawrence F. Katz: w18752
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| January 2011 | White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980
with Leah Platt Boustan: w16702
Published: "A Silver Lining to White Flight? White Suburbanization and African-American Homeownership, 1940-1980," with Robert A. Margo. Journal of Urban Economics, 2013.
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| Race and Home Ownership from the Civil War to the Present
with William J. Collins: w16665
Published: Collins, William J., and Robert A. Margo. 2011. "Race and Home Ownership from the End of the Civil War to the Present." American Economic Review, 101(3): 355-59.
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| December 2010 | Free Labor and Slave Labor
with Stanley L. Engerman
in Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, Douglas A. Irwin and Richard Sylla, editors
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| August 2010 | The Economic History of the American Economic Review: A Century's Explosion of Economics Research
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Published: “The Economic History of the American Economic Review : A Century’s Explosion of Econ omics Research,” American Economic Review 101 (February 2011): 9 - 35. citation courtesy of
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| November 2009 | Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation: The American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850-1860
with Jeremy Atack: w15520
Published: (with Margo), “ The Impact of Access to Rail Transportation on Agricultural Improvement: The American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850 - 1860 ,” Journal of Transportation and Land Use , 4: 2 (2011).
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| January 2009 | Did Railroads Induce or Follow Economic Growth? Urbanization and Population Growth in the American Midwest, 1850-60
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, Michael Haines: w14640
Published: Atack, Jeremy, Fred Bateman, Michael Haines, and Robert A Margo (2010), "Did Railroads Induce or Follow Economic Growth? Urbanization and Population Growth in the American Midwest, 1850-60," Social Science History, 34(2), 171-197.
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| October 2008 | Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850-70
with Jeremy Atack, Michael R. Haines: w14410
Published: “Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850 - 1870,” (with Haines and Margo ) in P a ul Rhode, J oshua Rosenbloom, and D avid Weiman, ( eds. ) Economic Evolution and Revolutions in Historical Time . Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (2011): 162 - 179 .
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| October 2007 | Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch
with Leah Platt Boustan: w13462
Published: Journal of Urban Economics Volume 65, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 1–10
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| July 2006 | Railroads and Local Economic Development: The United States in the 1850s
with Michael R. Haines: w12381
Published: Rosenbloom, J. (ed.) Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting. London: Routledge, 2008.
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| January 2006 | Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w11931
Published: Atack, Jeremy, Fred Bateman, and Robert Margo. “Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing.” Explorations in Economic History 45, 2 (April 2008): 185-98. citation courtesy of
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| December 2004 | Racial Economic Differences
NBER Reporter Winter 05
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| November 2004 | The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing
with William Hutchinson: w10886
Published: Hutchinson, William K. & Margo, Robert A., 2006. "The impact of the Civil War on capital intensity and labor productivity in southern manufacturing," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 43(4), pages 689-704, October. citation courtesy of
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| May 2004 | The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values
with William J. Collins: w10493
Published: Collins, Williams J. and Robert A. Margo. “The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values." Journal of Economic History 67, 4 (December 2007): 849 -883.
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| January 2004 | The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots
with William J. Collins: w10243
Published:
- Gale, W. and J. Pack (eds.) Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs 2004. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2004.
- William J. (William Joseph) Collins & Robert A. (Robert Andrew) Margo, 2004. "The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots," Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, vol 2004(1), pages 1-46.
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| August 2003 | Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w9923
Published: Atack, Jeremy, Fred Bateman and Robert A. Margo. "Capital Deepening And The Rise Of The Factory: The American Experience During The Nineteenth Century," Economic History Review, 2005, v58(3,Aug), 586-595.
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| June 2003 | Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
with William J. Collins: w9770
Published: Collins, William J. & Margo, Robert A., 2006. "Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States," Handbook of the Economics of Education, Elsevier.
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| March 2003 | Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography
with Sukkoo Kim: w9594
Published: Kim, Sukkoo & Margo, Robert A., 2004. "Historical perspectives on U.S. economic geography," Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, in: J. V. Henderson & J. F. Thisse (ed.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 66, pages 2981-3019 Elsevier.
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| February 2002 | The North-South Wage Gap, Before and After the Civil War
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Published: Eltis, D., F. Lewis, and K. Sokoloff (eds.) Slavery in the Development of the Americas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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| October 2000 | Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880
with Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman: w7932
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| June 2000 | Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990
with William J. Collins: w7749
Published: Collins, William J. and Robert A. Margo. "Race And The Value Of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990," Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2003, v33(3,May), 255-286. citation courtesy of
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| January 2000 | Front matter, table of contents, preface
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| 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
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| The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: A Review
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| 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
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| Intersectoral Efficiency: Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gaps
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Geographic Aspects of Labor Market Integration before the Civil War
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Wages in California during the Gold Rush
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Antebellum Wages and Labor Markets: A New Interpretation
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Postlude
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Notes
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| References
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| Index
in Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, Robert A. Margo
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| August 1999 | Race and Home Ownership, 1900 to 1990
with William J. Collins: w7277
Published: Collins, William J. and Robert A. Margo. "Race And Home Ownership: A Century-Long View," Explorations in Economic History, 2001, v38(1,Jan), 68-92.
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| October 1998 | Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
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Published: Margo, Robert A. "Wages And Labor Markets Before The Civil War," American Economic Review, 1998, v88(2,May), 51-56.
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| July 1998 | Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
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Published: Published as "Wages and Labor Markets Before the Civil War", American Economic Review, Vol. 88, no. 2 (May 1998): 51-56.
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| June 1997 | Wages in California During the Gold Rush
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| September 1996 | Explaining the Rise in Antebellum Pauperism: New Evidence
with Lynne L. Kiesling: h0092
Published: Kiesling, L. Lynne and Robert A. Margo. "Explaining The Rise In Antebellum Pauperism, 1850-1860: New Evidence," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1997, v37(2,Summer), 405-417.
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| August 1996 | "Location, Location, Location!" The Market for Vacant Urban Land: New York 1835-1900
with Jeremy Atack: h0091
Published: Atack, Jeremy and Robert A. Margo. "'Location, Location, Location!' The Price Of Gradient For Vacant Urban Land: New York, 1835 To 1900," Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1998, v16(2,Mar), 151-172.
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| July 1996 | Compulsory Schooling Legislation and School Attendance in Turn-of-the-Century America: A "Natural Experiment" Approach
with T. Aldrich Finegan: h0089
Published: Economic Letters, 53, (October1996), : pp.103-110.
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| December 1995 | Changes in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950: The Public vs. the Private Sector
with T. Aldrich Finegan: w5389
Published: Margo, Robert A. and T. Aldrich Finegan. "The Great Compression Of The 1940s: The Public Versus The Private Sector," Explorations in Economic History, 2002, v39(2,Apr), 183-203.
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| August 1995 | The Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gap in the Antebellum United States: Evidence fromthe 1850 and 1860 Censuses of Social Statistics
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| November 1994 | The Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860
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Published: Journal of Economic History, 56 (September 1996): PP.605-625.
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| April 1993 | Added and Discouraged Workers in the Late 1930s: A Re-Examination
with T. Aldrich Finegan: h0045
Published: Journal of Economic History, Volume 54 (March 1994): 64-84
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| March 1993 | Explaining Black-White Wage Convergence, 1940-1950: The Role of the Great Compression
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Published: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 48, April 1995, pp. 470-481
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| September 1992 | The Labor Force in the Nineteenth Century
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Published: S. Engerman and R. Gallman, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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| Employment and Unemployment in the 1930s
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Published: Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 7, Spring 1993, p. 41-59 citation courtesy of
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| January 1992 | Wages, 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
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| 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
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| August 1991 | The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid- Century
with Claudia Goldin: w3817
Published: Goldin, Claudia and Robert A. Margo. "The Great Compression: The U.S. Wage Structure at Mid-Century." Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 1992, vol cvii, pp. 1-34 citation courtesy of
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| July 1991 | The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900: Further Results
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Published: Explorations in Economic History, vol 30, October 1993: p. 409-423
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| May 1991 | The Decline in Black Teenage Labor Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970: The Role of Schooling
with T. Aldrich Finegan: w3704
Published: American Economic Review, vol. 83, March 1993, p. 234-247 citation courtesy of
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| December 1990 | The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment
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Published: Journal of Economic History, Vol.51, No.2, June 1991, pp.333-341.
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| Wages and Prices During the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence
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Published: Robert Gallman and John Wallis,eds., American Economic Growth and the Standard of Living Before the Civil War, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, pp. 173-210
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| October 1990 | Segregated Schools and the Mobility Hypothesis: A Model of Local Government Discrimination
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Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 106, No.1, pp.61-73, February 1991.
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| August 1990 | The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900-1950
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Published: Chapter 6 of Robert A. Margo, Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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| January 1990 | Front 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
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| December 1989 | Wages, Prices, and Labor Markets Before the Civil War
with Claudia Goldin: w3198
Published: Goldin, Claudia A. and Hugh Rockoff, eds., Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press , 1992, pp. 67-104.
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| September 1988 | Schooling and the Great Migration
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Published: "'To the Promised Land': Education and the Black Exodus," Chapter 7 of Robert A. Margo, Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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| March 1988 | The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873
with Claudia D. Goldin: w2525
Published: Explorations in Economic History, vol.26, no. 3, pp.360-379, July 1989.
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| May 1987 | Accounting for Racial Differences in School Attendance in the American South, 1900: The Role of Separate-But-Equal
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Published: Review of Economics and Statistics, vol.69, no.4, pp661-666, November 1987 citation courtesy of
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| October 1985 | The Antebellum "Surge" in Skill Differentials One More Time: New Evidence
with Georgia C. Villaflor: w1758
Published: Margo, Robert and Georgia Villaflor. "The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: New Evidence," Vol. 47, No. 4, December 1987.
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| May 1985 | Education Achievement in Segregated School Systems: The Effects of "Separate-But-Equal"
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Published: Margo, Robert A. "Education Achievement in Segregated Schoo Systems: The Effects of 'Separate-But-Equal'" American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 4, September 1986, pp. 794-801. citation courtesy of
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| September 1983 | Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Commentand Further Evidence
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Published: Margo, Robert A. "Accumulation of Property by Southern Blacks Before World War I: Comment and Further Evidence," American Economic Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, 1984, pp. 768-776. citation courtesy of
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