Laura Salisbury
Associate Professor
Office: Vari Hall, 1092
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 77051
Email: lsalisbu@yorku.ca
Primary website: http://sites.google.com/site/laurahsalisbury
Attached CV
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at York University. My research interests include economic history, labour economics, and applied microeconomics. More specifically, my research focuses on historical marriage markets, income mobility, and the characteristics and consequences of historical income support programs. I received my Ph.D. from Boston University in 2013.
Degrees
PhD, Boston UniversityAppointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
We provide new evidence about long-run trends in the transmission of economic status across generations for both men and women. Most historical studies of intergenerational mobility rely on linking individuals across multiple census records using surnames, and married women have historically changed their surnames upon marriage. As such, it is difficult for most such studies to say anything about mobility among women. In the proposed work, we circumvent this problem using a methodology that relies on the socioeconomic content of first names. We measure trends in assortative mating and in the geography of intergenerational mobility within North America. This work will focus on the role of institutions in shaping long-run mobility trends, emphasizing on the complex interrelationship between intergenerational mobility and marriage institutions. By sorting individuals into families, marriage plays a critical role in the transmission of human capital and wealth across generations.
Description:.
Start Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2016
End Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2018
Collaborator: Claudia Olivetti and M. Daniele Paserman
Collaborator Institution: Boston College and Boston University
Collaborator Role: Co-applicants
Funders:
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
"Three-Generation Mobility in the United States, 1850-1940: The Role of Paternal and Maternal Grandparents" (with Claudia Olivetti and Daniele Paserman), Explorations in Economic History 70 (2018), pp 73-90.
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"Ideology and Migration after the American Civil War" (with Shari Eli and Allison Shertzer), Journal of Economic History 78, no. 3 (2018), pp 822-861.
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"Local Information, Income Segregation, and Geographic Mobility" (with Timothy N. Bond) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 18, no. 3 (2018), pp 1-17.
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"Women's Income and Marriage Markets in the United States: Evidence from the Civil War Pension," Journal of Economic History 77, no. 1 (2017), pp 1-38.
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"Patronage Politics and the Development of the Welfare State: Confederate Pensions in the American South" (with Shari Eli), Journal of Economic History 76, no. 4 (2016), pp 1078-1112.
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"Selective Migration, Wages, and Occupational Mobility in Nineteenth Century America," Explorations in Economic History, 53 (2014), pp 40-63.
[go to paper]
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/ECON4659 3.0 | M | North American Economic History | LECT |
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at York University. My research interests include economic history, labour economics, and applied microeconomics. More specifically, my research focuses on historical marriage markets, income mobility, and the characteristics and consequences of historical income support programs. I received my Ph.D. from Boston University in 2013.
Degrees
PhD, Boston UniversityAppointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
-
Summary:
We provide new evidence about long-run trends in the transmission of economic status across generations for both men and women. Most historical studies of intergenerational mobility rely on linking individuals across multiple census records using surnames, and married women have historically changed their surnames upon marriage. As such, it is difficult for most such studies to say anything about mobility among women. In the proposed work, we circumvent this problem using a methodology that relies on the socioeconomic content of first names. We measure trends in assortative mating and in the geography of intergenerational mobility within North America. This work will focus on the role of institutions in shaping long-run mobility trends, emphasizing on the complex interrelationship between intergenerational mobility and marriage institutions. By sorting individuals into families, marriage plays a critical role in the transmission of human capital and wealth across generations.
Description:.
Project Type: FundedRole: Applicant
Start Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2016
End Date:
- Month: Jul Year: 2018
Collaborator: Claudia Olivetti and M. Daniele Paserman
Collaborator Institution: Boston College and Boston University
Collaborator Role: Co-applicants
Funders:
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
All Publications
"Three-Generation Mobility in the United States, 1850-1940: The Role of Paternal and Maternal Grandparents" (with Claudia Olivetti and Daniele Paserman), Explorations in Economic History 70 (2018), pp 73-90.
[go to paper]
"Ideology and Migration after the American Civil War" (with Shari Eli and Allison Shertzer), Journal of Economic History 78, no. 3 (2018), pp 822-861.
[go to paper]
"Local Information, Income Segregation, and Geographic Mobility" (with Timothy N. Bond) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 18, no. 3 (2018), pp 1-17.
[go to paper]
"Women's Income and Marriage Markets in the United States: Evidence from the Civil War Pension," Journal of Economic History 77, no. 1 (2017), pp 1-38.
[go to paper]
"Patronage Politics and the Development of the Welfare State: Confederate Pensions in the American South" (with Shari Eli), Journal of Economic History 76, no. 4 (2016), pp 1078-1112.
[go to paper]
"Selective Migration, Wages, and Occupational Mobility in Nineteenth Century America," Explorations in Economic History, 53 (2014), pp 40-63.
[go to paper]
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/ECON4659 3.0 | M | North American Economic History | LECT |
