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James J. Feigenbaum

Not to be confused with: James Allen Feigenbaum

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First Name:James
Middle Name:J.
Last Name:Feigenbaum
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RePEc Short-ID:pfe480
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http://jamesfeigenbaum.github.io
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Terminal Degree:2016 Department of Economics; Harvard University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Department of Economics
Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
http://www.bu.edu/econ/
RePEc:edi:decbuus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. James J. Feigenbaum & Daniel P. Gross, 2021. "Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century," NBER Working Papers 29580, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Alex Albright & Jeremy A. Cook & James J. Feigenbaum & Laura Kincaide & Jason Long & Nathan Nunn, 2021. "After the Burning: The Economic Effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre," NBER Working Papers 28985, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Sarah Cohodes & James J. Feigenbaum, 2021. "Why Does Education Increase Voting? Evidence from Boston’s Charter Schools," NBER Working Papers 29308, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. James Feigenbaum & Daniel P. Gross, 2020. "Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation," NBER Working Papers 28061, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Ager, Philipp & Feigenbaum, James J & Hansen, Casper Worm & Tan, Huiren, 2020. "How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities," CEPR Discussion Papers 14949, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. James J. Feigenbaum & Soumyajit Mazumder & Cory B. Smith, 2020. "When Coercive Economies Fail: The Political Economy of the US South After the Boll Weevil," NBER Working Papers 27161, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. James J. Feigenbaum & Price V. Fishback & Keoka Grayson, 2020. "Inequality and the Safety Net Throughout the Income Distribution, 1929-1940," NBER Working Papers 27069, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. James J. Feigenbaum & Hui Ren Tan, 2019. "The Return to Education in the Mid-20th Century: Evidence from Twins," NBER Working Papers 26407, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & James J. Feigenbaum & Santiago Pérez, 2019. "Automated Linking of Historical Data," NBER Working Papers 25825, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  10. Feigenbaum, James & Palmer, Maxwell & Schneer, Benjamin, 2019. "'Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists': How Family Immigration History Shapes Representation in Congress," Working Paper Series rwp19-028, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
  11. Daniel M. Thompson & James J. Feigenbaum & Andrew B. Hall & Jesse Yoder, 2019. "Who Becomes a Member of Congress? Evidence From De-Anonymized Census Data," NBER Working Papers 26156, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. James Feigenbaum & Alexander Hertel-Fernandez & Vanessa Williamson, 2018. "From the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to Work Laws," NBER Working Papers 24259, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. James J. Feigenbaum & Christopher Muller & Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2018. "Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900-1948," NBER Working Papers 25345, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. James J. Feigenbaum & James Lee & Filippo Mezzanotti, 2018. "Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman's March, 1850-1920," NBER Working Papers 25392, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  15. James J. Feigenbaum & Lee, James & Filippo Mezzanotti, 2015. "Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: the Effects of General Sherman?s March to the Sea, 1850-1880," Working Paper 256106, Harvard University OpenScholar.

Articles

  1. Feigenbaum, James J & Helgertz, Jonas & Price, Joseph, 2025. "Examining the role of training data for supervised methods of automated record linkage: Lessons for best practice in economic history," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
  2. James Feigenbaum & Daniel P Gross, 2024. "Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 139(3), pages 1879-1939.
  3. Philipp Ager & James J Feigenbaum & Casper W Hansen & Hui Ren Tan, 2024. "How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in U.S. Cities," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 91(1), pages 1-44.
  4. James Feigenbaum & Daniel P. Gross, 2024. "Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 70(12), pages 8520-8540, December.
  5. James J. Feigenbaum & Lauren Hoehn-Velasco & Christopher Muller & Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2022. "1918 Every Year: Racial Inequality in Infectious Mortality, 1906−1942," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 199-204, May.
  6. James Feigenbaum & James Lee & Filippo Mezzanotti, 2022. "Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman's March, 1850–1920," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 14(4), pages 301-342, October.
  7. Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & James Feigenbaum & Santiago Pérez, 2021. "Automated Linking of Historical Data," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 59(3), pages 865-918, September.
  8. Feigenbaum, James J. & Tan, Hui Ren, 2020. "The Return to Education in the Mid-Twentieth Century: Evidence from Twins," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 80(4), pages 1101-1142, December.
  9. James J. Feigenbaum & Christopher Muller & Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2019. "Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900–1948," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(4), pages 1371-1388, August.
  10. James J. Feigenbaum, 2018. "Multiple Measures of Historical Intergenerational Mobility: Iowa 1915 to 1940," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 128(612), pages 446-481, July.
  11. Feigenbaum, James J. & Fouirnaies, Alexander & Hall, Andrew B., 2017. "The Majority-Party Disadvantage: Revising Theories of Legislative Organization," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 12(3), pages 269-300, October.
  12. Deirdre Bloome & James Feigenbaum & Christopher Muller, 2017. "Tenancy, Marriage, and the Boll Weevil Infestation, 1892–1930," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(3), pages 1029-1049, June.
  13. Feigenbaum, James J. & Muller, Christopher, 2016. "Lead exposure and violent crime in the early twentieth century," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 51-86.
  14. Feigenbaum, James J. & Shelton, Cameron A., 2013. "The Vicious Cycle: Fundraising and Perceived Viability in US Presidential Primaries," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 8(1), pages 1-40, January.

Software components

  1. James Feigenbaum, 2014. "JAROWINKLER: Stata module to calculate the Jaro-Winkler distance between strings," Statistical Software Components S457850, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 13 Oct 2016.
  2. James Feigenbaum, 2014. "KEEPORDER: Stata module to keep and order a set of variables," Statistical Software Components S457859, Boston College Department of Economics.

Chapters

  1. James Feigenbaum & Price Fishback & Keoka Grayson, 2020. "Inequality and the Safety Net in American Cities throughout the Income Distribution, 1929–1940," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth, pages 529-567, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 16 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (13) 2015-11-15 2018-12-24 2019-01-21 2019-05-20 2019-08-26 2019-11-04 2020-05-25 2020-06-15 2020-09-14 2020-11-23 2021-06-14 2021-07-19 2022-01-24. Author is listed
  2. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (7) 2015-11-15 2018-12-24 2019-01-21 2020-09-14 2021-06-14 2021-07-19 2021-10-04. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (3) 2018-02-19 2020-06-15 2021-10-04
  4. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (3) 2018-12-24 2020-09-14 2021-06-14
  5. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (3) 2019-11-04 2020-11-23 2022-01-24
  6. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (3) 2018-02-19 2019-08-26 2021-10-04
  7. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (2) 2015-11-15 2019-01-21
  8. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2018-02-19 2021-07-19
  9. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2019-10-07 2020-09-14
  10. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (2) 2020-11-23 2022-01-24
  11. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2019-05-20
  12. NEP-BIG: Big Data (1) 2019-05-20
  13. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2022-01-24
  14. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2021-10-04
  15. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2019-01-21
  16. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2022-01-24
  17. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2020-06-15
  18. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2019-05-20
  19. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2019-05-20

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