Fraser Summerfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 3097530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fraser Summerfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fraser |
| FAMILY NAME | Summerfield |
| SIGNATURE | SUMMERFIELD F |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Francis Xavier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5738-4530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mobility and marriage
This article develops a methodology to create a longitudinal historical database of women by linking Ontario marriage records 1859-1938 to complete count Canadian census data between 1871 and 1921. We assess link quality using tests that provide insight into the trade-offs between sample size and allowing more potential false positives into the universe of accepted links. The results of these tests provide guidance on practical considerations in …
The long shadow of bullying
Influenza pandemics and macroeconomic fluctuations 1871–2016
This paper documents the short-run macroeconomic impacts of influenza pandemics across 16 countries spanning 1871-2016 using the Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database and the Human Mortality Database. We find pandemic-induced mortality contributed meaningfully to business cycle fluctuations in the post 1870 era. We identify negative causal impacts on the cyclical component of GDP using pandemics to instrument for working-age mortality. Th…
Intergenerational Mobility in a Mid-Atlantic Economy
This article uses new linked full-count census data for Canada to document intergenerational occupational mobility from 1871 to 1901. We find significant differences among Canadian regions and language groups, with linguistic minorities experiencing notably lower rates of intergenerational mobility. International comparisons place Canada midway between other economies in the Americas and the most mobile European societies. Decompositions of overa…
Selection Bias Encountered in the Systematic Linking of Historical Census Records
Linked historical records typically are unrepresentative of the population from which they are drawn even if the method of linking is restricted to time-invariant matching criteria. An example drawn from Canadian census records illustrates the nature of bias that may afflict even a carefully linked sample. The use of potentially time-varying match criteria doubles the size of a linked sample at a modest cost in terms of additional bias. This trad…
Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing
Occupational income scores and immigrant assimilation. Evidence from the Canadian census
Occupational income scores and immigrant assimilation. Evidence from the Canadian census
Selection Bias Encountered in the Systematic Linking of Historical Census Records
Linked historical records typically are unrepresentative of the population from which they are drawn even if the method of linking is restricted to time-invariant matching criteria. An example drawn from Canadian census records illustrates the nature of bias that may afflict even a carefully linked sample. The use of potentially time-varying match criteria doubles the size of a linked sample at a modest cost in terms of additional bias. This trad…
Intergenerational Mobility in a Mid-Atlantic Economy
This article uses new linked full-count census data for Canada to document intergenerational occupational mobility from 1871 to 1901. We find significant differences among Canadian regions and language groups, with linguistic minorities experiencing notably lower rates of intergenerational mobility. International comparisons place Canada midway between other economies in the Americas and the most mobile European societies. Decompositions of overa…
Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing
Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing
Occupational income scores and immigrant assimilation. Evidence from the Canadian census
Selection Bias Encountered in the Systematic Linking of Historical Census Records
Linked historical records typically are unrepresentative of the population from which they are drawn even if the method of linking is restricted to time-invariant matching criteria. An example drawn from Canadian census records illustrates the nature of bias that may afflict even a carefully linked sample. The use of potentially time-varying match criteria doubles the size of a linked sample at a modest cost in terms of additional bias. This trad…
Intergenerational Mobility in a Mid-Atlantic Economy
This article uses new linked full-count census data for Canada to document intergenerational occupational mobility from 1871 to 1901. We find significant differences among Canadian regions and language groups, with linguistic minorities experiencing notably lower rates of intergenerational mobility. International comparisons place Canada midway between other economies in the Americas and the most mobile European societies. Decompositions of overa…
Influenza pandemics and macroeconomic fluctuations 1871–2016
This paper documents the short-run macroeconomic impacts of influenza pandemics across 16 countries spanning 1871-2016 using the Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database and the Human Mortality Database. We find pandemic-induced mortality contributed meaningfully to business cycle fluctuations in the post 1870 era. We identify negative causal impacts on the cyclical component of GDP using pandemics to instrument for working-age mortality. Th…
Mobility and marriage
This article develops a methodology to create a longitudinal historical database of women by linking Ontario marriage records 1859-1938 to complete count Canadian census data between 1871 and 1921. We assess link quality using tests that provide insight into the trade-offs between sample size and allowing more potential false positives into the universe of accepted links. The results of these tests provide guidance on practical considerations in …
The long shadow of bullying
Economics (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Census (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Finance (2 works)