Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

2025

• Ruveyda Gozen & Richard Hornbeck & Anders Humlum & Martin Rotemberg, 2025, "Historical Differences in Female-Owned Manufacturing Establishments: The United States, 1850–1880," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, volume 115, pages 483-488, May, DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251067.
• Samuel K. Allen & Price V. Fishback & Rebecca Holmes, 2025, "The impact of progressive era labor regulations on annual earnings and employment in manufacturing in the USA, 1904–1919," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 19, issue 1, pages 249-278, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-024-00287-2.
• Guilfoos, Todd, 2025, "The evolution of the value of water power during the Industrial Revolution," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 95, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101645.
• Rosenbloom, Joshua L., 2025, "The Industrial Revolution in the United States: 1790-1870," ISU General Staff Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics, number 202509021347160000, Sep.
• Andrew Garin, 2025, "Do Place-Based Industrial Interventions Help 'Left-Behind' Workers? Lessons from WWII and Beyond," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "The Economics of Place-Based Policies".
• Andrew Garin, 2025, "Do Place-Based Industrial Interventions Help "Left-Behind" Workers? Lessons from WWII and Beyond," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 33418, Jan.
• Joshua L. Rosenbloom, 2025, "The Industrial Revolution in the United States: 1790-1870," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34225, Sep.
• Samuel K. Allen & Price V. Fishback & Rebecca Holmes, 2025, "The impact of progressive era labor regulations on annual earnings and employment in manufacturing in the USA, 1904–1919," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), volume 19, issue 1, pages 249-278, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-024-00287-2.
• Yongseung Han & Ronald S. Warren, 2025, "The productive efficiency of U.S. blacksmiths in the late nineteenth century: an input-distance-function approach," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), volume 19, issue 3, pages 751-774, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-024-00300-8.

2024

• Richard Sylla, 2024, "Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures and Industrial Policy," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 38, issue 4, pages 111-130, Fall, DOI: 10.1257/jep.38.4.111.
• Atack, Jeremy & Margo, Robert A. & Rhode, Paul W., 2024, "De-skilling: Evidence from late nineteenth century American manufacturing," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 91, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101554.
• Richard Hornbeck & Shanon Hsuan-Ming Hsu & Anders Humlum & Martin Rotemberg, 2024, "Gaining Steam: Incumbent Lock-in and Entrant Leapfrogging," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 32384, Apr.
• Gary Richardson & Marco Del Angel & Michael Gou, 2024, "Business Failures by Branch of Business in the United States, 1895 to 1935: A Statistical History," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 32928, Sep.

2023

• Klein, Alexander, 2023, "From the Manufacturing Belt to the Rust Belt. Spatial Inequalities in the United States: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review," CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), number 657.
• Klein, Alexander, 2023, "From the Manufacturing Belt to the Rust Belt. Spatial Inequalities in the United States: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review," CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, number 17950, Mar.
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo & Paul W. Rhode, 2024, "Wage Inequality in American Manufacturing, 1820–1940: New Evidence," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives".
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo & Paul Rhode, 2023, "De-skilling: Evidence from Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 31334, Jun.

2022

• 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, volume 14, issue 4, pages 301-342, October, DOI: 10.1257/app.20200397.
• Daniel E. Sichel, 2022, "The Price of Nails since 1695: A Window into Economic Change," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 36, issue 1, pages 125-150, Winter, DOI: 10.1257/jep.36.1.125.
• Petko Atanasov & Jean-Guy Degos, 2022, "The Relative Nature of Success and Failure – Function of Time and Context," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 5, pages 46-70.
• Atack, Jeremy & Margo, Robert A. & Rhode, Paul W., 2022, "Industrialization and urbanization in nineteenth century America," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 94, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103678.

2021

• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo & Paul Rhode, 2021, "Industrialization and Urbanization in Nineteenth Century America," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 28597, Mar.
• Jeanne Lafortune & Ethan G. Lewis & José Pablo Martínez & José Tessada, 2021, "Changing Returns to Scale in Manufacturing 1880-1930: The Rise of (Skilled) Labor?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 28633, Apr.
• Daniel E. Sichel, 2021, "The Price of Nails since 1695: A Window into Economic Change," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 29617, Dec.
• Adejare Adegbite Tajudeen & Olatunji Olaoye Clement, 2021, "Analysis of the Impact of Non-Oil Taxation on Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Services in Nigeria," Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series, Sciendo, volume 31, issue 1, pages 60-83, March, DOI: 10.2478/sues-2021-0004.

2020

• Yongseung Han & Thomas Littlefield & Myeong Hwan Kim, 2020, "Parametric estimation of a gauge function and a measure of technical efficiency," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 48, issue 6, pages 1145-1161, October, DOI: 10.1108/JES-08-2020-0380.
• Robert E. Gallman & Paul W. Rhode, 2020, "Capital in the Nineteenth Century," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number gall-2, January.
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo & Paul Rhode, 2020, "‘Mechanization Takes Command’: Inanimate Power and Labor Productivity in Late Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 27436, Jun.
• Gallman, Robert E. & Rhode, Paul W. & Goldin, Claudia, 2020, "Capital in the Nineteenth Century," National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press, number 9780226633114, ISBN: ARRAY(0x6f4ccce8).

2019

• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo & Paul W. Rhode, 2019, ""Automation" of Manufacturing in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Hand and Machine Labor Study," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 33, issue 2, pages 51-70, Spring.
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo, 2019, "Gallman revisited: blacksmithing and American manufacturing, 1850–1870," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 13, issue 1, pages 1-23, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-017-0165-x.
• Richard Hornbeck & Martin Rotemberg, 2019, "Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 26594, Dec.
• Richard Hornbeck & Martin Rotemberg, 2019, "Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing," 2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics, number 396.
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo, 2019, "Gallman revisited: blacksmithing and American manufacturing, 1850–1870," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), volume 13, issue 1, pages 1-23, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-017-0165-x.
• Jeanne Lafortune & Ethan Lewis & José Tessada, 2019, "People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship between Capital and Skill in Manufacturing, 1860–1930, Using Immigration Shocks," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, volume 101, issue 1, pages 30-43, March.

2018

• Muhammad Yusuf & Surachman Surjaatmadja, 2018, "Analysis of Financial Performance on Profitability with Non Performace Financing As Variable Moderation," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, volume 8, issue 4, pages 126-132.
• Wolfgang Keller & Carol H. Shiue & Xin Wang, 2018, "Capital Markets and Grain Prices: Assessing the Storage Approach," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 24388, Mar.

2017

• Alex Chernoff, 2017, "Firm Heterogeneity, Technological Adoption, and Urbanization: Theory and Measurement," Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada, number 17-27, DOI: 10.34989/swp-2017-27.
• Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian, 2017, "Migrants and the Making of America: The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 23289, Mar.
• Jeremy Atack & Robert A. Margo, 2017, "Gallman Revisited: Blacksmithing and American Manufacturing, 1850-1870," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 23399, May.

2015

• Harris, Richard & Keay, Ian & Lewis, Frank, 2015, "Protecting infant industries: Canadian manufacturing and the national policy, 1870–1913," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 56, issue C, pages 15-31, DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2015.01.001.
• Jeanne Lafortune & José Tessada & Ethan Lewis, 2015, "People and Machines A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks," Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., number 463.
• Lafortune, Jeanne & Tessada, José & Lewis, Ethan Gatewood, 2015, "People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill in Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 9217, Jul.
• Jeanne Lafortune & José Tessada & Ethan Lewis, 2015, "People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21435, Jul.

2014

• Varian, Brian, 2014, "American tariff policy and the British alkali industry, 1880-1905," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 56334, Mar.
• Varian, Brian, 2014, "American tariff policy and the British alkali industry, 1880-1905," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 56334, Mar.
• Michael N.A. Hinton & Thomas Barbiero & Min Seong Kim, 2014, "How Powerful Was the National Policy? The Lesson of the Cotton Mills," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, volume 6, issue 1, pages 53-67, June.

2013

• Robert A. Margo, 2014, "Economies of Scale in Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective".
• Robert A. Margo, 2013, "Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 19147, Jun.

2012

• David Prentice, 2012, "The rise of the US Portland cement industry and the role of public science," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 6, issue 2, pages 163-192, May, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-011-0068-1.
• Michael N.A. Hinton, 2012, "Infant Industry Protection and the Growth of Canada's Cotton Mills: A Test of the Chang Hypothesis," Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, number 55_12, Jul.

2011

• Gary Richardson & Michael Gou, 2011, "Business Failures by Industry in the United States, 1895 to 1939: A Statistical History," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 16872, Mar.
• Ryan L. Lampe & Petra Moser, 2011, "Patent Pools and the Direction of Innovation - Evidence from the 19th-century Sewing Machine Industry," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 17573, Nov.
• Michael Hinton, 2011, "Was Canadian Manufacturing Inefficient before WWI? The Case of the Cotton Textile Industry, 1870-1910," Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, number 44_11, Sep.

2010

• Donald J. Smythe, 2010, "A Schumpeterian view of the Great Merger Movement in American manufacturing," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), volume 4, issue 2, pages 141-170, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11698-009-0041-4.
• Jason Barr, 2010, "Skyscrapers and the Skyline: Manhattan, 1895–2004," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, volume 38, issue 3, pages 567-597, September, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2010.00277.x.

2009

• Joseph H. Davis & Christopher Hanes & Paul W. Rhode, 2009, "Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14686, Jan.
• Joseph H. Davis & Christopher Hanes & Paul W. Rhode, 2009, "Harvests and Business Cycles in Nineteenth-Century America," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, volume 124, issue 4, pages 1675-1727.

2008

• Atack, Jeremy & Bateman, Fred & Margo, Robert A., 2008, "Steam power, establishment size, and labor productivity growth in nineteenth century American manufacturing," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 45, issue 2, pages 185-198, April.
• Davis, Joseph H. & Irwin, Douglas A., 2008, "The antebellum U.S. iron industry: Domestic production and foreign competition," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 45, issue 3, pages 254-269, July.
• Jeremy Atack & Michael R. Haines & Robert A. Margo, 2008, "Railroads and the Rise of the Factory: Evidence for the United States, 1850-70," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14410, Oct.
• Prentice, David, 2008, "The origins of American industrial success: Evidence from the US portland cement industry," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 13409, Jun.
• James Bessen, 2008, "Accounting for Productivity Growth When Technical Change is Biased," Working Papers, Research on Innovation, number 0802.

2007

• Andrew Atkeson & Patrick J. Kehoe, 2007, "Modeling the Transition to a New Economy: Lessons from Two Technological Revolutions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 97, issue 1, pages 64-88, March, DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.64.
• Joseph H. Davis & Douglas A. Irwin, 2007, "The Antebellum U.S. Iron Industry: Domestic Production and Foreign Competition," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 13451, Sep.

2006

• Inwood, Kris & Keay, Ian, 2006, "Assessing Economic Performance among North American Manufacturing Establishments, 1870/71: Data, Methodology and Measurement Issues," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers, Queen's University - Department of Economics, number 273468, Feb, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.273468.
• Hutchinson, William K. & Margo, Robert A., 2006, "The impact of the Civil War on capital intensity and labor productivity in southern manufacturing," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, volume 43, issue 4, pages 689-704, October.
• Andrew Atkeson & Patrick J. Kehoe, 2006, "Modeling the transition to a new economy: lessons from two technological revolutions," Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, number 296.
• David Prentice, 2006, "A re-examination of the origins of American industrial success," Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University, number 2006.02, Mar.
• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert Margo, 2006, "Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 11931, Jan.
• Ian Keay & Kris Inwood, 2006, "Assessing Economic Performance Among North American Manufacturing Establishments, 1870/71: Data, Methodology And Measurement Issues," Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University, number 1030, Feb.
• David Prentice, 2006, "A re-examination of the origins of American industrial success," Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University, number 2006.02, Mar.

2004

• William Hutchinson & Robert A. Margo, 2004, "The Impact of the Civil War on Capital Intensity and Labor Productivity in Southern Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 10886, Nov.
• Joseph Davis & Vanguard Group; Christopher Hanes, 2004, "Primary Sector Shocks and Early American Industrialization," 2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics, number 154.
• Alan B. Krueger & Alexandre Mas, 2004, "Strikes, Scabs, and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, volume 112, issue 2, pages 253-289, April, DOI: 10.1086/381479.

2003

• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2003, "Capital Deepening in American Manufacturing, 1850-1880," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 9923, Aug.

2002

• Atack, Jeremy & Bateman, Fred & Margo, Robert A., 2002, "Part-Year Operation In Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing: Evidence From The 1870 And 1880 Censuses," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, volume 62, issue 3, pages 792-809, September.
• Alan B. Krueger & Alexandre Mas, 2002, "Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires," Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section., number 840, Jan.

2001

• Donald J. Smythe, 2001, "The Great Merger Movement and the Diffusion of Electric Power Utilization in American Manufacturing, 1899-1909: A Simple Test of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, volume 27, issue 3, pages 253-266, Summer.
• Rosenberg, N. & Trajtenberg, M., 2001, "A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the late 19th Century US," Papers, Tel Aviv, number 2001-27.
• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2001, "Part-Year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses," Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute, number wp_327, Mar.
• Nathan Rosenberg & Manuel Trajtenberg, 2001, "A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the late 19th Century US," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 8485, Sep.
• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2001, "Part-Year Operation in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses," Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics, number 0106, Mar, revised Mar 2001.
• Jeremy Atak & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2001, "Part-Year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses," Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 0105001, May.

2000

• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2000, "Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 7932, Oct.
• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman & Robert A. Margo, 2000, "Rising Wage Dispersion Across American Manufacturing Establishments, 1850-1880," Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics, number 0036, Sep.
• Jeremy Atack & Fred Bateman, 2000, "Downtime in American Manufacturing Industry: 1870 and 1880," Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics, number 0048, Nov.

1997

• Margaret C. Levenstein, 1997, "Price Wars and the Stability of Collusion: A Study of the Pre‐World War I Bromine Industry," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 45, issue 2, pages 117-137, June, DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00039.

1994

• Robert A. Mareo, 1994, "The Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860," NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 0063, Nov.

1993

• Margaret Levenstein, 1993, "Vertical Restraints in the Bromine Cartel: The Role of Distributors in Facilitating Collusion," NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 0049, Jul.
• Margaret Levenstein, 1993, "Price Wars and the Stability of Collusion: A Study of the Pre-World War I Bromine Industry," NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 0050, Sep.

1965

• Brief, Rp, 1965, "19th-Century Accounting Error," Journal of Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 3, issue 1, pages 12-31, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2307/24900.

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