Research Interests
Fields: Economic History, Labour Economics, Public Policy
Topics: Racial Uprisings in the United States, North American Trade Unions, The War on Poverty
Working Papers
“American Indian Treaties, Bargaining Power, and the Decline of the Bison” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) | Paper |
“Illuminating Economic Development in Indigenous Communities” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) | Paper | Revise and Resubmit at Canadian Journal of Economics
“Return to the Homeland? The Impact of the Great Recession on Employment Outcomes and Labor Mobility for Native Americans” (with Donna Feir) - Paper Available Upon Request
“Don't Shoot: The Impact of Historical African American Protest on Police Killings of Civilians” (with Jamein Cunningham and Douglas Williams) | Paper |
“Did the War on Poverty Stop the 1960s Race Riots?” | Paper |
“Labour Law Enforcement During World War II and the Growth of the US Trade Union Movement” | Paper |
Publications
“Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Evidence form the 1960s Civil Disturbances” with Jamein Cunningham, forthcoming, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings.
“The Effects of the Neighborhood Legal Services on Riots and the Wealth of African Americans” with Jamein Cunningham, forthcoming, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
“The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Ethnic Stratification in Africa,” with Warren Whatley. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 101(3): 571-76 May 2011. | Paper | Appendix |
“The Fundamental Impact of the Slave Trade on African Economies,” with Warren Whatley in Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time, ed. P. Rhode, J.Rosenbloom and D. Weiman, 86-110 . Stanford: Stanford University Press. January 2011. | Paper |
Works in Progress
African American Protest:
“An Event History Analysis of the Local Conditions Behind Black Lives Matter” (with Jamein Cunningham and Douglas Williams)
“A Cause for Concern? Examing the Impact of Collective Bargaining On Police Related Violence in the United States” (with Alex Thomson and Donna Feir)
"Violent and Non-Violent Protest and the Passage of Civil Rights Legislation" (with Juan Pablo Mendez Campus)
Indigenous Economic History
“Historical Treaty Making and Long Term Economic Prosperty” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) - Paper available upon request
"Mobility Restrictions and Indigenous Outcomes: The Reservation Pass System" (with Donna Feir and Jonathan French)
Trade Unions
"The Impact of "Right-to-Work Legislation on Union Finances, 2000-2016"
“The Impact of Union-Related Nationalization on Firm Performance during World War II”
Fields: Economic History, Labour Economics, Public Policy
Topics: Racial Uprisings in the United States, North American Trade Unions, The War on Poverty
Working Papers
“American Indian Treaties, Bargaining Power, and the Decline of the Bison” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) | Paper |
“Illuminating Economic Development in Indigenous Communities” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) | Paper | Revise and Resubmit at Canadian Journal of Economics
“Return to the Homeland? The Impact of the Great Recession on Employment Outcomes and Labor Mobility for Native Americans” (with Donna Feir) - Paper Available Upon Request
“Don't Shoot: The Impact of Historical African American Protest on Police Killings of Civilians” (with Jamein Cunningham and Douglas Williams) | Paper |
“Did the War on Poverty Stop the 1960s Race Riots?” | Paper |
“Labour Law Enforcement During World War II and the Growth of the US Trade Union Movement” | Paper |
Publications
“Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Evidence form the 1960s Civil Disturbances” with Jamein Cunningham, forthcoming, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings.
“The Effects of the Neighborhood Legal Services on Riots and the Wealth of African Americans” with Jamein Cunningham, forthcoming, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
“The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Ethnic Stratification in Africa,” with Warren Whatley. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 101(3): 571-76 May 2011. | Paper | Appendix |
“The Fundamental Impact of the Slave Trade on African Economies,” with Warren Whatley in Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time, ed. P. Rhode, J.Rosenbloom and D. Weiman, 86-110 . Stanford: Stanford University Press. January 2011. | Paper |
Works in Progress
African American Protest:
“An Event History Analysis of the Local Conditions Behind Black Lives Matter” (with Jamein Cunningham and Douglas Williams)
“A Cause for Concern? Examing the Impact of Collective Bargaining On Police Related Violence in the United States” (with Alex Thomson and Donna Feir)
"Violent and Non-Violent Protest and the Passage of Civil Rights Legislation" (with Juan Pablo Mendez Campus)
Indigenous Economic History
“Historical Treaty Making and Long Term Economic Prosperty” (with Donna Feir and Maggie Jones) - Paper available upon request
"Mobility Restrictions and Indigenous Outcomes: The Reservation Pass System" (with Donna Feir and Jonathan French)
Trade Unions
"The Impact of "Right-to-Work Legislation on Union Finances, 2000-2016"
“The Impact of Union-Related Nationalization on Firm Performance during World War II”