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The Peculiar Immobility: Regional Affinity And The Postbellum Black Migrant, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Richard Vedder
The Peculiar Immobility: Regional Affinity And The Postbellum Black Migrant, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Richard Vedder
Robert L Sexton
Why did newly freed slaves and their descendants wait a half a century before migrating in large numbers to the superior economic opportunities in the North? Census lifetime migration data on both movers and stayers are examined intertemporally for both whites and blacks. Regression analysis reveals that before 1920 Southern blacks had a very strong affinity for the "Southern way of life."
New Entry And The Rate Of Return To Education: The Case Of Registered Nurses, Surrey Walton, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
New Entry And The Rate Of Return To Education: The Case Of Registered Nurses, Surrey Walton, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
In the 1970's, the percentage of high school graduates completing RN training increased with little change in the rate of return to training. During the 1980's this percentage declined, despite large increases in the rate of return. The national data employed here examine long-run trends (with emphasis on the 1970's and 1980's) in financial incentives and entry into the nursing profession and suggest that broader professional career opportunities in the 1980's exerted a large impact vis-a-vis the 1970's, among other factors. Rates of return remain high in the 1990's with modest signs of the market stabilizing. Successful policies to ensure …
Union Myopia And The Taxation Of Capital, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton, Philip E. Graves
Union Myopia And The Taxation Of Capital, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton, Philip E. Graves
Robert L Sexton
After an extensive discussion of the nature of the interactions among unions, corporations, and government, we find that government in granting privileges to workers organized into unions implicitly taxes capital formation. The result has been to lessen the attention business decisions pay to the future, to substitute excessive wages for appropriate capital investment, and to reduce the competitive vitality of major U.S. industries.
Union Myopia And The Taxation Of Capital, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton, Philip E. Graves
Union Myopia And The Taxation Of Capital, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton, Philip E. Graves
Robert L Sexton
After an extensive discussion of the nature of the interactions among unions, corporations, and government, we find that government in granting privileges to workers organized into unions implicitly taxes capital formation. The result has been to lessen the attention business decisions pay to the future, to substitute excessive wages for appropriate capital investment, and to reduce the competitive vitality of major U.S. industries.
A Note On Interfirm Implications Of Wages And Status, Philip E. Graves, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton
A Note On Interfirm Implications Of Wages And Status, Philip E. Graves, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
This paper does not have an abstract, but examines inter-firm implications of some prior explorations into the nature of wages and status by Robert Frank.
A Note On Interfirm Implications Of Wages And Status, Philip E. Graves, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton
A Note On Interfirm Implications Of Wages And Status, Philip E. Graves, Dwight Lee, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
This paper does not have an abstract, but examines inter-firm implications of some prior explorations into the nature of wages and status by Robert Frank.
Development, Mobility And Slavery: Real Income And Spatial Equilibrium In The Postbellum South, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Development, Mobility And Slavery: Real Income And Spatial Equilibrium In The Postbellum South, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
The paper lacks an abstract but provides additional insights into why blacks remained in the South for so long following the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Overurbanization And Its Relation To Economic Growth For Less Developed Countries, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Overurbanization And Its Relation To Economic Growth For Less Developed Countries, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
This paper does not have an abstract but examines the role of urbanization and over-urbanization in economic growth and decline in the developing world.
Overurbanization And Its Relation To Economic Growth For Less Developed Countries, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Overurbanization And Its Relation To Economic Growth For Less Developed Countries, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton
Robert L Sexton
This paper does not have an abstract but examines the role of urbanization and over-urbanization in economic growth and decline in the developing world.