Leah Platt Boustan
Princeton University
Industrial Relations Section
Louis A. Simpson International Bldg.
Princeton, NJ 08544
Tel: 609-258-7116
E-Mail: 
WWW: http://www.econ.ucla.edu/lboustan/
NBER Program Affiliations:
DAE
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ED
NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Information about this author at RePEc
NBER Working Papers and Publications
| July 2017 | The Development of the American Economy Program
with William Collins, Claudia Goldin NBER Reporter 2017 number 2
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| May 2017 | The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data
with Matthew E. Kahn, Paul W. Rhode, Maria Lucia Yanguas: w23410
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| October 2016 | Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets"
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Black Migration from the South in Historical Context
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Who Left the South and How Did They Fare?
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Competition in Northern Labor Markets
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Black Migration, White Flight
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970
in Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets, Leah Platt Boustan
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| September 2016 | To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration
with Ran Abramitzky, Katherine Eriksson: w22659
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| July 2016 | Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration
with Ran Abramitzky, Katherine Eriksson: w22381
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| January 2016 | Immigration in American Economic History
with Ran Abramitzky: w21882
Published: Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan, 2017. "Immigration in American Economic History," Journal of Economic Literature, vol 55(4), pages 1311-1345. citation courtesy of 
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| December 2014 | Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction
with Robert A. Margo: w20765
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| October 2014 | The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation
with William J. Collins
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record"
with Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements
with Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| Indexes
with Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
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| May 2013 | The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation
with William J. Collins: w19040
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| Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000
with Devin Bunten, Owen Hearey: w19041
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| Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities
w19045
Published: Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities Leah Platt Boustan The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning Edited by Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy, and Gerrit‐Jan Knaap
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| March 2013 | Immigrant Selection and Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration
NBER Reporter 2013 number 1
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| August 2012 | Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration
with Ran Abramitzky, Katherine Eriksson: w18298
Published: Abramitzky, Ran & Boustan, Leah Platt & Eriksson, Katherine, 2013. "Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 2-14. citation courtesy of
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| April 2012 | A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
with Ran Abramitzky, Katherine Eriksson: w18011
Published: “A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration,” with Leah Boustan and Katherine Eriksson, Journal of Political Economy, Volume 122, Number 3, June 2014
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| January 2011 | White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980
with Robert A. Margo: w16702
Published: "A Silver Lining to White Flight? White Suburbanization and African-American Homeownership, 1940-1980," with Robert A. Margo. Journal of Urban Economics, 2013.
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| October 2010 | School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries
w16434
Published: Leah Platt Boustan, 2012. "School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 4(1), pages 85-108, January. citation courtesy of
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| Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000
with Allison Shertzer: w16435
Published: “Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline,” with Allison Shertzer. Demography 50.1 (2013): 125–47.
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| August 2010 | Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000
with Fernando Ferreira, Hernan Winkler, Eric Zolt: w16299
Published: “The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxa tion and Public Expenditures: Evidence from US Municipalities and School Districts, 1970-2000,” with Fernando Ferreira, Hernan Winkler and Eric Zolt. Review of Economics and Statistics , 95 (2013), 1291–1302.
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| January 2010 | Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
with Ran Abramitzky, Katherine Eriksson: w15684
Published: Ran Abramitzky & Leah Platt Boustan & Katherine Eriksson, 2012. "Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(5), pages 1832-56, August. citation courtesy of
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| February 2008 | Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970
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Published: Boustan, Leah Platt, 2009. "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940?1970," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(03), pages 755-782, September. citation courtesy of
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| October 2007 | Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration
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Published: Leah Platt Boustan, 2010.
"Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics,
MIT Press, vol. 125(1), pages 417-443, February.
citation courtesy of
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| Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch
with Robert A. Margo: w13462
Published: Journal of Urban Economics Volume 65, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 1–10
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| August 2007 | Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization
w13311
Published: “Was Postwar Suburbanization 'White Flight'? Evidence from the Black Migration.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010.
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| July 2007 | The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression
with Price V. Fishback, Shawn E. Kantor: w13276
Published: Leah Platt Boustan & Price V. Fishback & Shawn Kantor, 2010. "The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 28(4), pages 719-746, October. citation courtesy of
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