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4 publications found, searching for 'Robert A. Margo '

• Working Paper No. 327
  March 01, 2001

  Part-year Operation in 19th Century American Manufacturing

  Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, and Robert A. Margo
  Abstract

  Using unpublished data contained in samples from the manuscripts of the 1870 and 1880 censuses of manufactures—the earliest comprehensive estimates available—this study examines the extent and correlates of part-year manufacturing…more

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• Working Paper No. 317
  November 01, 2000

  Productivity in Manufacturing and the Length of the Working Day

  Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, and Robert A. Margo
  Abstract

  Data from the manuscript census of manufacturing are used to estimate the effects of the length of the working day on output and wages. We find that the elasticity of…more

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• Working Paper No. 310
  August 01, 2000

  Race and the Value of Owner-occupied Housing, 1940–1990

  William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo
  Abstract

  The racial gap in the value of owner-occupied housing has narrowed substantially since 1940, but this narrowing has not been even over time or across space. The 1970s stand out…more

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• Working Paper No. 286
  November 01, 1999

  The History of Wage Inequality in America, 1820 to 1970

  Robert A. Margo
  Abstract

  In recent decades the United States has experienced a pronounced widening of its wage structure. For the most part, analysis of the recent rise in wage inequality has taken place…more

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