We incorporate forward‐looking capital accumulation into a dynamic discrete choice model
of migration. We characterize the steady‐state equilibrium; generalize existing dynamic …

This study evaluates the economic consequences of the successful eradication of hookworm
disease from the American South, which started circa 1910. The Rockefeller Sanitary …

An analysis using reserves as a measure of resource abundance suggests that natural
resource abundance has not been a significant structural determinant of economic growth in …

We present a joint study of the US structural transformation (the decline of agriculture as the
dominating sector) and regional convergence (of southern to northern average wages). We …

Using geological variation in oil abundance in the Southern US, I examine the long term
effects of resource‐based specialisation through economic channels. In 1890 oil abundant …

Australian history is almost always picturesque; indeed, it is so curious and strange, that it is
itself the chiefest novelty the country has to offer, and so it pushes the other novelties into …

We estimate trends in intergenerational economic mobility by matching men in the Census
to synthetic parents in the prior generation. We find that mobility increased from 1950 to …

Abstract The onset of World War I spurred the “Great Migration” of African Americans from
the US South, arguably the most important internal migration in US history. We create a new …

Levels of development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that part of
this variation has its roots in the colonial era, when colonizers engaged in different economic …

Evidence from cross-sectional growth regressions suggests that economies dependent on
natural resource exports have had slower growth than resource scarce economies …