TYPHOID IN AMERICAN CITIES

Women in American Cities

When a woman leaves her natural sphere, And without her sex’s modesty or fear Assays the part of man, She, in her weak attempts to rule, But makes herself a mark for ridicule, A laughing-stock and sham. Article of greatest use is to her then Something worn distinctively by men— A pair of pants will do. Thus she will plainly demonstrate That Nature made a great mistake In sexing such a shrew. — ...

Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities

Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in time series for all metropolitan areas. I use instrumental variables based on a “shift-share” of national levels of immigration into metropolitan ar...

The spatial structure of Latin American cities.

"Using published census data, metropolitan area population and employment statistics are constructed for several large Latin American cities in 1950, 1960, and 1970, and compared to similar statistics from selected North American cities. The Latin cities are experiencing decentralization of population and some decentralization of employment. Overall population density patterns of large Latin ci...

Mortality, inequality and race in American cities and states.

A number of studies have found that mortality rates are positively correlated with income inequality across the cities and states of the US. We argue that this correlation is confounded by the effects of racial composition. Across states and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), the fraction of the population that is black is positively correlated with average white incomes, and negatively cor...

Understanding Past and Present Changes in Latin American Cities