Wealth mobility in the United States
1860–1870
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11204159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon Dupont (0000-0001-7213-8066, Western Washington University, corresponding author), Joshua L Rosenbloom (0000-0001-6450-0563, Iowa State University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 801-829 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-5532 • E-ISSN: 1527-8034 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ssh.2022.19 |
| OpenAlex | W4312913783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
We offer new evidence on the dynamics of wealth holding in the United States over the Civil War decade based on a hand-linked random sample of wealth holders drawn from the 1860 census. Despite the wealth shock caused by emancipation, we find that patterns of wealth mobility were broadly similar for northern and southern residents in 1860. Looking at the determinants of individual wealth holding in 1870, we find that the elasticity with respect to 1860 wealth was quite low in both regions – consistent with high levels of wealth mobility
Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Emancipation · Labour economics · National wealth · Political science · Politics · Sample (material · Shock (circulatory · Social mobility · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Demography · Finance · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |