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Leah Platt Boustan

Global rank #1664 98%

Institution: Princeton University

Primary Field: Economic History (weighted toward more recent publications)

Homepage: http://www.princeton.edu/~lboustan/

First Publication: 2005

Most Recent: 2021

RePEc ID: pbo332 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 1.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.69
Last 10 Years 1.17 1.17 0.00 0.00 7.04
All Time 5.19 8.04 10.05 0.00 46.92

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 19
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 23.39

Publications (19)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2021 The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War American Economic Review S 3
2021 Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries American Economic Review S 4
2020 Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? American Economic Review: Insights A 3
2020 The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data Journal of Urban Economics A 4
2014 A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration Journal of Political Economy S 3
2013 Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration Journal of Development Economics A 3
2013 Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities Journal of Urban Economics A 1
2013 A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 Journal of Urban Economics A 2
2013 The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 Review of Economics and Statistics A 4
2012 Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century American Economic Review S 3
2012 Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration American Economic Review S 3
2012 School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries American Economic Journal: Applied Economics A 1
2010 African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536. Journal of Economic History B 1
2010 Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration Quarterly Journal of Economics S 1
2010 The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression Journal of Labor Economics A 3
2009 Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 Journal of Economic History B 1
2007 The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper. Journal of Economic History B 1
2007 Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets Journal of Economic History B 1
2005 Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00. Journal of Economic History B 1