Tag: Journal of Population Economics

  • Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of nineteenth-century African-American stature Journal of Population Economics Volume 24, Issue 4 (October 2011) pages 1471-1491 DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0324-x Scott Alan Carson, Professor of Economics The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Nineteenth-century mulattos were taller than their darker-colored African-American counterparts. However, traditional explanations that attribute the…

  • Colourism and African-American Wealth: Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century South Journal of Population Economics Volume 20, Number 3 (July 2007) pages 599-620 DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0111-x Howard Bodenhorn, Professor of Economics Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Christopher S. Ruebeck, Associate Professor of Economics Lafayette University, Easton, Pennsylvania Black is not always black. Subtle distinctions in skin tone translate…