Browsing College of Arts and Science by Author "Margo, Robert A."

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    • The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-05)
      In the 1960s numerous cities in the United States experienced violent, race-related civil disturbances. Although social scientists have long studied the causes of the riots, the consequences have received much less attention. ...
    • Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2003)
      African-Americans entered the post-Civil War era with extremely low levels of exposure to schooling. Relying primarily on micro-level census data, we describe racial differences in literacy rates, school attendance, years ...
    • Ideology, Government, and the American Dilemma 
      Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-05)
      This essay, written in honor of the economic historian Robert Higgs, surveys the economic history of African Americans from the end of slavery to the present day. This history, I argue, was largely one of convergence. ...
    • Part-Year Operation in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses 
      Atack, Jeremy; Bateman, Fred; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2001)
      Using unpublished data contained in samples from the manuscripts of the 1870 and 1880 censuses of manufactures, we examine the extent and correlates of part-year manufacturing during the late nineteenth century. These data ...
    • Productivity in Manufacturing and the Length of the Working Day: Evidence from the 1880 Census of Manufactures 
      Atack, Jeremy; Bateman, Fred; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2000)
      We use data from the manuscript census of manufacturing to estimate the effects of the length of the working day on output and wages. We find that the elasticity of output with respect to daily hours was positive but less ...
    • Race and Home Ownership in Twentieth Century America: The Role of Sample Composition 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2001)
      This paper examine long-run trends in racial differences in home ownership rate and in the value of owner-occupied housing. In contrast to our previous work, we include female-headed households in the analysis. This extension ...
    • Race and Home Ownership: A Century-Long View 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2000)
      This paper uses census IPUMS data to analyze trends in racial differences in home ownership and housing values and to examine the connection between residential segregation and the housing status of blacks relative to ...
    • Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing 1940-1990 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2000)
      This paper begins by documenting racial convergence in the value of owner-occupied housing from 1940 to 1990. Most of this convergence occurred before 1970, as black and white home owners became more similar in terms of ...
    • Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments 1850-1880 
      Atack, Jeremy; Bateman, Fred; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2000)
      We use data from the manuscript censuses of manufacturing for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 to study the dispersion of average monthly wages across establishments. We find a marked increased in wage inequality over the period, ...
    • The Labor Market Effects of the 1960s Riots 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2003)
      Between 1964 and 1971, hundreds of riots erupted in American cities, resulting in large numbers of injuries, deaths, and arrests, as well as in considerable property damage that was concentrated in predominantly black ...