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Research Interests
Economic mobility; using data from census manuscripts, passenger ship records, tax lists, and city directories, to compare mobility in Britain, the United States and France from the 1850s to the present; determining the link between early-life circumstances and later life outcomes, and the migrant from rural areas to cities and towns.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, The University of Chicago
… → 1992
Economics, MA, The University of Chicago
… → 1987
Economics, BA, Williams College
… → 1983
Research interests
- American labor markets
- Economic demography
- Economic history
- Historical political economyi
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Boston Early Adversity and Mortality Study (BEAMS): Linking administrative data to long-term longitudinal studies
Mroczek, D. K., Ferrie, J. P. & Graham, E. K.
8/1/19 → 3/31/24
Project: Research project
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A Family-Genetic Study of Language in Autism
Losh, M. C., Ferrie, J. P. & Kraus, N.
National Institute of Mental Health
9/20/16 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Health & Function Over Three Decades in Alameda County
University of Michigan, National Institute on Aging
6/1/06 → 8/31/06
Project: Research project
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Do grandparents matter? Multigenerational mobility in the united states, 1940–2015
Ferrie, J., Massey, C. & Rothbaum, J., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Labor Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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User testing with microinteractions
Gonzales, S., Carson, M. B., Viger, G., O'Keefe, L., Allen, N. B., Ferrie, J. P. & Holmes, K., Mar 2021, In: Information Technology and Libraries. 40, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term decline in intergenerational mobility in the United States since the 1850s
Song, X., Massey, C. G., Rolf, K. A., Ferrie, J. P., Rothbaum, J. L. & Xie, Y., Jan 7 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 1, p. 251-258 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access30 Scopus citations -
Grandfathers Matter(ed): Occupational Mobility Across Three Generations in the US and Britain, 1850–1911
Long, J. & Ferrie, J., Jul 2018, In: Economic Journal. 128, 612, p. F422-F445Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
18 Scopus citations -
Immigration in American economic history
Ferrie, J. P., Jan 1 2018, The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History. Oxford University Press, Vol. 1. p. 101-117 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Scopus citations