Joseph P Ferrie

Professor, Economics
Chairperson, Economics
Gerald F. and Marjorie G. Fitzgerald Endowed Junior Professor of Economic History, Economics
Economics PhD Program
Member, DevSci - Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences
Member, IPR - Institute for Policy Research
Member, NCWR - Northwestern Center for Water

Phone+1 847 491 8210
Emailferrie@northwestern.edu

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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
Ferrie, J. P., Mroczek, D. K. & Graham, E. K.
National Institute on Aging
8/1/19 → 3/31/24
Project: Research project
A Family-Genetic Study of Language in Autism
Kraus, N., Ferrie, J. P. & Losh, M. C.
National Institute of Mental Health
9/20/16 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
Health & Function Over Three Decades in Alameda County
Ferrie, J. P.
University of Michigan, National Institute on Aging
6/1/06 → 8/31/06
Project: Research project

780 Citations
22 Article
8 Chapter
3 Book/Film/Article review
3 Review article
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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, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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 Access
12 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-F445
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
9 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
Shocking behavior: Random wealth in antebellum Georgia and human capital across generations
Bleakley, H. & Ferrie, J., Aug 1 2016, In: Quarterly Journal of Economics. 131, 3, p. 1455-1495 41 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
24 Scopus citations