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C Hoyt Bleakley
Research Professor; Training Faculty
Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Interests:
Dr. Bleakley’s research interests include economic history, development, labor, and international macroeconomics.
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- C Hoyt Bleakley, Rhode,Paul W. 2023. De Tocqueville, Population Movements, and Revealed Institutional Preferences. Journal of Historical Political Economy 3(2):179-210.
- C Hoyt Bleakley. 2018. Health, Disease, and Sanitation in American Economic History. The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History
- C Hoyt Bleakley. 2016. Shocking Behavior: Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations. Shocking Behavior: Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations 131(3):1455-1495.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Lin, Jeffrey . 2015. History and the Sizes of Cities. American Economic Review 105(5):558-563.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Cain, Louis , Ferrie, Joseph . 2015. Amidst Poverty and Prejudice: Black and Irish Civil War Veterans. Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Alderman, Harold . 2013. Child Health and Educational Outcomes. Education Policy in Developing Countries :107-136.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Lin, Jeffrey . 2012. Portage and Path Dependence. Quarterly Journal of Economics 127(2):587-644. PMCID: PMC3738199.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Lin, Jeffrey . 2012. Thick-Market Effects and Churning in the Labor Market: Evidence from U.S. Cities. Journal of Urban Economics 72(2-3):87-103. PMCID: PMC3771360.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude , Chin, Aimee . 2011. The Effects of English Proficiency among Childhood Immigrants: Are Hispanics Different?. Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond :255-284.
- C Hoyt Bleakley, Chin, Aimee . 2010. Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2(1):165-192. PMCID: PMC2813069.