Leah Platt Boustan
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Princeton University
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author of:
- Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:3:p:238-44)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Matthew E. Kahn & Paul W. Rhode - Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:5:p:1832-56)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:111:y:2021:i:11:p:3767-94)
by Philipp Ager & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:111:y:2021:i:2:p:580-608)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Elisa Jacome & Santiago Perez - School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries (RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:85-108)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? (RePEc:aea:aerins:v:2:y:2020:i:1:p:125-41)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:aea:apandp:v:110:y:2020:p:340-46)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & Stephanie Hao - Immigration in American Economic History (RePEc:aea:jeclit:v:55:y:2017:i:4:p:1311-45)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan - Automated Linking of Historical Data (RePEc:aea:jeclit:v:59:y:2021:i:3:p:865-918)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & James Feigenbaum & Santiago Pérez - Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics (RePEc:aea:jecper:v:33:y:2019:i:1:p:23-42)
by Leah Boustan & Andrew Langan - Job Decentralization And Residential Location (RePEc:bos:iedwpr:dp-177)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Robert A. Margo - White Suburbanization And African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 (RePEc:bos:wpaper:wp2011-024)
by Robert A. Margo & Leah Platt Boustan - The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:13660)
by Ager, Philipp & Boustan, Leah & Eriksson, Katherine - The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:14165)
by Ager, Philipp & Abramitzky, Ran & Boustan, Leah & Cohen, Elior David & Hansen, Casper Worm - Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Fou (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:65:y:2005:i:02:p:583-585_25)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:67:y:2007:i:01:p:243-245_26)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:67:y:2007:i:02:p:484-488_21)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:69:y:2009:i:03:p:755-782_00)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:70:y:2010:i:02:p:526-528_00)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration (RePEc:eee:deveco:v:102:y:2013:i:c:p:2-14)
by Abramitzky, Ran & Boustan, Leah Platt & Eriksson, Katherine - The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data (RePEc:eee:juecon:v:118:y:2020:i:c:s0094119020300280)
by Boustan, Leah Platt & Kahn, Matthew E. & Rhode, Paul W. & Yanguas, Maria Lucia - Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities (RePEc:eee:juecon:v:76:y:2013:i:c:p:71-82)
by Boustan, Leah Platt - A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 (RePEc:eee:juecon:v:78:y:2013:i:c:p:71-80)
by Boustan, Leah P. & Margo, Robert A. - The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure (RePEc:fip:fedkrw:93104)
by Ran Abramitzky & Philipp Ager & Leah Boustan & Elior Cohen & Casper Hansen - The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:bai-1)
by Martha J. Bailey & Leah Platt Boustan & William J. Collins - Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:bous-2)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Human Capital in History: The American Record (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:bous12-1)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Carola Frydman & Robert A. Margo - Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" (RePEc:nbr:nberch:12887)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Carola Frydman & Robert A. Margo - The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation (RePEc:nbr:nberch:12902)
by Leah Platt Boustan & William J. Collins - Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13671)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Black Migration from the South in Historical Context (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13672)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13673)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Competition in Northern Labor Markets (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13674)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Black Migration, White Flight (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13675)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13676)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13677)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13793)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Carola Frydman & Robert A. Margo - Indexes (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13794)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Carola Frydman & Robert A. Margo - The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States (RePEc:nbr:nberch:14843)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Jiwon Choi & David Clingingsmith - Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" (RePEc:nbr:nberch:14847)
by Martha J. Bailey & Leah Platt Boustan & William J. Collins - The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:13276)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Price V. Fishback & Shawn E. Kantor - Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:13311)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:13462)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Robert A. Margo - Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:13543)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:13813)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:15684)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16299)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Fernando Ferreira & Hernan Winkler & Eric Zolt - School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16434)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16435)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Allison Shertzer - White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16702)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Robert A. Margo - A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:18011)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:18298)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:19040)
by Leah Platt Boustan & William J. Collins - Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:19041)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Devin Michelle Bunten & Owen Hearey - Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:19045)
by Leah Platt Boustan - Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:20765)
by Leah Boustan & Robert A. Margo - Immigration in American Economic History (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:21882)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan - Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22381)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:22659)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23410)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Matthew E. Kahn & Paul W. Rhode & Maria Lucia Yanguas - Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25444)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Andrew Langan - The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25700)
by Philipp Ager & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Automated Linking of Historical Data (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25825)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & James J. Feigenbaum & Santiago Pérez - Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26170)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Robert A. Margo & Matthew M. Miller & James M. Reeves & Justin P. Steil - Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26408)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Elisa Jácome & Santiago Pérez - The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26536)
by Ran Abramitzky & Philipp Ager & Leah Platt Boustan & Elior Cohen & Casper W. Hansen - Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:27372)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Dylan Connor - Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30400)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Jiwon Choi & David Clingingsmith - White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31434)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Christine Cai & Tammy Tseng - Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31440)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Elisa Jácome & Santiago Pérez & Juan David Torres - The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31730)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Peter Catron & Dylan Connor & Rob Voigt - Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33330)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Tamar Matiashvili - Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33362)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Osea Giuntella - Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33558)
by Leah Boustan & Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen & Ran Abramitzky & Elisa Jácome & Alan Manning & Santiago Pérez & Analysia Watley & Adrian Adermon & Jaime Arellano-Bover & Olof Åslund & Marie Connolly & Nat - New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33561)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Adam Storeygard - Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33999)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Harriet M. Brookes Gray & Katherine Eriksson & Santiago Pérez & Hannah M. Postel & Myera Rashid & Noah Simon - Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration (RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:125:y:2010:i:1:p:417-443.)
by Leah Platt Boustan - To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:72:y:2019:i:2:p:300-322)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:sip:dpaper:09-029)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson - Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 (RePEc:spr:demogr:v:50:y:2013:i:1:p:125-147)
by Leah Boustan & Allison Shertzer - The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 (RePEc:tpr:restat:v:95:y:2013:i:4:p:1291-1302)
by Leah Boustan & Fernando Ferreira & Hernan Winkler & Eric M. Zolt - Human Capital in History (RePEc:ucp:bknber:9780226163895)
by None - The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression (RePEc:ucp:jlabec:v:28:y:2010:i:4:p:719-746)
by Leah Platt Boustan & Price V. Fishback & Shawn Kantor - A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/675805)
by Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson