Economic Opportunity on the urban frontier
Nativity, work, and wealth in early chicago
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10101341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Galenson (National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 581-603 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700039577 |
| OpenAlex | W1968599798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article uses evidence drawn from the manuscripts of the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses to investigate the correlates of the wealth of adult males in Chicago. The analysis reveals rapidly increasing wealth with age, a substantial positive effect on wealth of duration of residence in the city, and an absence of any significant impact of nativity on wealth when controlling occupation. Mean wealth rose from well below the national average in 1850 to a level far above the national average in 1860. Together these results suggest that early Chicago was a place of exceptional economic opportunity for settlers
Demographic economics · Economics · Frontier · Geography · National wealth · Residence · Sociology · Work (physics · American History and Culture · Demography · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2022 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |