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“Who Benefited from the World War II Service and the GI Bill<\/a>?” (with Ariell Zimran). NBER Working Paper 32774.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(edited with Martha Bailey and Leah Boustan). Forthcoming volume, University of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

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“The Geography of Opportunity after the Civil War: Black and White Americans’ Mobility into Property Ownership<\/a>” (with Nicholas Holtkamp). Working paper.<\/p>\n

“Income Gains and the Geography of the US Home Ownership Boom, 1940-60” (with Gregory Niemesh). NBER Working Paper 31249<\/a>\u00a0Forthcoming in The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives<\/em>. University of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

“Black Americans Landholdings and Economic Mobility after Emancipation: Evidence from the Census of Agriculture and Linked Records<\/a>” (with Nicholas C. Holtkamp and Marianne H. Wanamaker).\u00a0 Journal of Economic History <\/em>Vol. 84, No. 4 (December 2024). (Revised version of\u00a0NBER Working Paper 29858<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Immigrants’ Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the United States during the Age of Mass Migration<\/a>” (with Ariell Zimran).\u00a0American Economic Journal: Applied Economics<\/em>. Vol. 15, No, 3 (July 2023): 238-269. (Revised version of\u00a0NBER Working Paper 26414<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“African American Intergenerational Economic Mobility since 1880<\/a>” (with Marianne H. Wanamaker). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics<\/em>. Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2022). (Revised version of\u00a0NBER Working Paper 23395<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“The Great Migration of Black Americans from the US South: A Guide and Interpretation<\/a>.” Explorations in Economic History <\/em>Vol. 80 (April 2021).\u00a0(Revised version of\u00a0NBER Working Paper 27268<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“The Economic Assimilation of Irish Famine Migrants to the United States<\/a>” \u00a0(with Ariell Zimran).\u00a0Explorations in Economic History<\/em> Vol. 74 (October 2019). (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 25287<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cUnions and the Great Compression of Wage Inequality in the United States at Mid-Century: Evidence from Local Labor Markets<\/a>\u201d (with Gregory T. Niemesh). \u00a0Economic History Review <\/em>72, 2 (May 2019): 691-715.\u00a0(Revised version of\u00a0Unions_March2018<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Unions, Workers, and Wages at the Peak of the American Labor Movement<\/a>” (with Brantly Callaway). \u00a0Explorations in Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 68 (April 2018): 95-118. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 23516<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Publishing Economic History<\/a>. \u00a0In An Economist’s Guide to Economic History<\/em>, edited by M. Blum and C. Colvin. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 347-353.<\/p>\n

“Racial Differences in American Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run View<\/a>” (with Michael Q. Moody). In Oxford Handbook on Women and the Economy. \u00a0Oxford University Press<\/em>, edited by S Averett, L. Argys, and S. Hoffman New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 595-622. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 23397<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Great Migration in Black and White: New Evidence on the Selection and Sorting of Southern Migrants<\/a>\u201d (with Marianne H. Wanamaker). Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 75, No. 4 (December 2015): 947-992. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 21384<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective<\/a><\/em> (edited with Robert A. Margo). University of Chicago Press: 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data<\/a>\u201d (with Marianne H. Wanamaker). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics<\/em>, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2014): 220-252.\u00a0 (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 19124<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women\u2019s Labor Force Participation from the Civil War to the Present\u201d (with Leah Platt Boustan).\u00a0 In Human Capital and History: The American Record<\/em>, edited by L. Boustan, C. Frydman, and R. Margo.\u00a0 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2014. (NBER Working Paper 19040<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cSlum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States<\/a>,\u201d (with Katharine L. Shester). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics<\/em>, Vol. 5. No. 1 (January 2013): 239-273. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 17458<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cHome Ownership and Race from the End of the Civil War to the Present<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings<\/em>, Vol. 101, No. 3 (May 2011): 355-359. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 16665<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cDid Improvements in Household Technology Cause the Baby Boom? Evidence from Electrification, Appliance Diffusion, and the Amish<\/a>\u201d (with Martha J. Bailey). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics<\/em>, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2011): 189-217. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 14641<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 67, No. 4 (December 2007): 849 -883. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 10493<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cA Neighborhood-Level View of Riots, Property Values, and Population Loss: Cleveland 1950-1980<\/a>\u201d (with Fred H. Smith). Explorations in Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 44, No. 3 (July 2007): 365-386.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation, Migration, and Regional Wage Convergence in the United States<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 In Globalization and the New Comparative Economic History<\/em>, edited by T. Hatton, K. O\u2019Rourke, and A. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007, 165-191. (Revised version of Education_Convergence_May2006<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s<\/a>\u201d (with Martha J. Bailey). Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 66, No. 3 (September 2006): 737-777. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 10621<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cEvaluating the Role of <\/a>Brown v. Board of Education<\/a> in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans\u201d<\/a> (with Orley Ashenfelter and Albert Yoon). American Law and Economics Review<\/em>, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer 2006): 213-248.\u00a0 (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 11394<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Political Economy of State Fair-Housing Laws Prior to 1968<\/a>.\u201d Social Science History<\/em>, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 2006): 15-49. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 10610<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo).\u00a0 In Handbook of the Economics of Education: Volume 1<\/em>, edited by E. Hanushek and F. Welch. New York: North-Holland, 2006, 107-154. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 9770<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). In Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs<\/em> 2004, edited by W. Gale and J. Pack. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2004, 1-34. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 10243<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Housing Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1960-1970.<\/a>\u201d Journal of Urban Economics<\/em>, Vol. 55, No. 3 (May 2004): 534-564. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 9562<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Declining Contribution of Socioeconomic Disparities to the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970<\/a>\u201d (with Melissa A. Thomasson). Southern Economic Journal<\/em>, Vol. 70, No. 4 (April 2004): 746-777. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 8836<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cRace, Home Ownership, and Family Structure in Twentieth-Century America\u201d (with Robert A. Margo).\u00a0 In What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?<\/em>, edited by E. Wolff.\u00a0 New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004, 187-213. (Revised version of\u00a0Collins_Margo_FamilyStructure2001<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cRace and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). Regional Science and Urban Economics<\/em>, Vol. 33, No. 3 (May 2003): 255-286. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 7749<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Labor Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1940-1960<\/a>.\u201d Industrial and Labor Relations Review<\/em>, Vol. 56, No. 2 (January 2003): 244-272. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 8310<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Political Economy of State-Level Fair-Employment Laws, 1940-1964<\/a>.\u201d Explorations in Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2003): 24-51.\u00a0doi:10.1016\/S0014-4983(02)00010-4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cRace, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets<\/a>.\u201d American Economic Review<\/em>, Vol. 91, No. 1 (March 2001): 272-286.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cCapital-Goods Prices and Investment, 1870-1950<\/a>\u201d (with Jeffrey G. Williamson). Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 61, No. 1 (March 2001): 59-94. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 7145)<\/p>\n

\u201cRace and Home Ownership: A Century-Long View<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). Explorations in Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 38, No. 1 (January 2001): 68-92. \u00a0(Revised version of NBER Working Paper 7749<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cResidential Segregation and Socioeconomic Outcomes: When Did Ghettos Go Bad?<\/a>\u201d (with Robert A. Margo). Economics Letters<\/em>, Vol. 69, No. 2 (November 2000): 239-243.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican-American Economic Mobility in the 1940s: A Portrait from the Palmer Survey.<\/a>\u201d Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 60, No. 3 (September 2000): 756-781.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor Mobility, Market Integration, and Wage Convergence in Late 19th Century India<\/a>.\u201d Explorations in Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 36, No. 3 (July 1999): 246-277.\u00a0doi:10.1006\/exeh.1999.0718<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLabor Mobility in American and Indian Economic History.\u201d Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 59, No. 2 (June 1999): 469-472.<\/p>\n

\u201cWere Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?\u201d (with Kevin O\u2019Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson).\u00a0 In Migration: The Controversies and the Evidence<\/em>, edited by R. Faini, J. de Melo, and K. Zimmerman.\u00a0 Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 227-260. (Revised version of NBER Working Paper 6059<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Tide Turned: Immigration and the Delay of the Great Black Migration<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Economic History<\/em>, Vol. 57, No. 3 (September 1997): 607-632.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Who Benefited from the World War II Service and the GI Bill?” (with Ariell Zimran). NBER Working Paper 32774. The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives\u00a0(edited with Martha Bailey and Leah Boustan). Forthcoming volume, University of Chicago Press. “The Geography of Opportunity after the Civil War: Black and White Americans’ Mobility into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4805,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/williamcollins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}