Abstract The United States has long been perceived as a land of opportunity for immigrants.
Yet, both in the past and today, US natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to …

This paper estimates historical intergenerational elasticities between fathers and children of
both sexes in the United States using a novel empirical strategy. The key insight of our …

Democratic theorists have long argued that states can create more resilient democracies
through education. Educational investments are thought to produce more economic equality …

Using aggregated data from 25 developed countries over a lengthy period of time, this
article presents a measure of the marriage boom observed in the twentieth century and an …

I examine the impact of the Great Depression on marriage outcomes and find that marriage
rates and local economic conditions are positively correlated. Specifically, poor labor market …

By focusing on the unique setting of one Protestant mission (Livingstonia Mission) dating
back to the late 19th century in Malawi, this study investigates the long-lasting missionary …

This article contrasts associations where members' freedom can be safeguarded by the
capacity to “exit” with associations where freedom requires democratic “voice.” The article …

This paper investigates the effects of restrictive immigration policies enacted in the US in
1921 and 1924 to explore the effects of immigration restrictions on recent immigrants using …

This paper provides a new perspective on intergenerational mobility in the United States in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We devise an empirical strategy that allows to …

Suriye İç Savaşının 2011 yılında başlamasından sonra Suriyeliler Türkiye'ye yoğun bir
şekilde göç etmişlerdir. Suriyelilerin göç hareketinin ev sahibi ülkeler üzerindeki etkileri …