We test the hypothesis that universities are more productive when they are both more
autonomous and face more competition. Using survey data, we construct indices of …

How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of
existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration …

Should countries or regions (generically," states") invest more in education to promote
economic growth? Policy makers often assert that if their state spends more on educating its …

This article shows how the migration of millions of Southern whites in the twentieth century
shaped the cultural and political landscape across the United States. Racially and …

Working‐class citizens have been numerically underrepresented in policymaking institutions
throughout most of America's history. Little is known, however, about the political …

This paper estimates the effects of initial committee seniority on the career histories of
Democratic members of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 2006. When more than …

This paper uses newly digitized data on the growth of the telegraph network in America
during 1840–1852 to study the impacts of the electric telegraph on national elections …

Do party strongholds exacerbate partisan extremism? Using over 140 years of election data
and roll call votes I find that, on average, members of Congress elected in states where their …

Using data from 1869 to 1928, we estimate the effect of party control of state governments on
the entry, exit, circulation, prices, number of pages, and content of Republican and …

A claim so often made about the presidency that it approaches conventional wisdom is that
the president sees, and therefore decides, issues differently than members of Congress do …