Search Results - "Pritchett, Jonathan"

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Betting on Secession: Quantifying Political Events Surrounding Slavery and the Civil War

by Charles W. Calomiris Jonathan Pritchett Published in The American economic review (01.01.2016)

“...Lincoln's election produced Southern secession, war, and abolition. Using a new dataset on slave sales, we examine connections between news and slave prices...”

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A Peculiar Sample: A Reply to Steckel and Ziebarth

by Pritchett, Jonathan Freudenberger, Herman Published in The Journal of economic history (01.03.2016)

“...Richard Steckel and Nicolas Ziebarth (2016) find that biases in height by age imposed by traders versus non-traders were negligible. Importantly, their method...”

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The occupations of slaves sold in New Orleans: Missing values, cheap talk, or informative advertising?

by Pritchett, Jonathan Pritchett, Jonathan Hayes, Jessica Hayes, Jessica Published in Cliometrica (01.05.2016)

“...Although plantation records indicate that many slaves in the southern USA were artisans and craftsmen, relatively few slaves were recorded as such on the New...”

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Sequential Sales as a Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves

by Pritchett, Jonathan Smith, Mallorie Published in The Journal of economic history (01.06.2013)

“...When imported slaves were first sold in New Orleans, buyers were unaware of the slaves’ unobservable characteristics. In time, the new owners learned more...”

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Preserving Slave Families for Profit: Traders' Incentives and Pricing in the New Orleans Slave Market

by Calomiris, Charles W Pritchett, Jonathan B Published in The Journal of economic history (01.12.2009)

“...We investigate determinants of slave family discounts in the New Orleans slave market. We find large price discounts for families unrelated to scale effects,...”

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When to Care: The Economic Rationale of Slavery Health Care Provision

by Lander, Kevin Pritchett, Jonathan B Published in Social science history (2009)

“...Prior to the Civil War, many hospitals in the southern United States treated both free and slave patients. In this article we develop a model for the selective...”

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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855–1860

by Pritchett, Jonathan Yun, Myeong-Su Published in Explorations in economic history (2009)

“...Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a...”

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When to Care: The Economic Rationale of Slavery Health Care Provision

by Kevin Lander Jonathan Pritchett Published in Social science history (01.07.2009)

“...Prior to the Civil War, many hospitals in the southern United States treated both free and slave patients. In this article we develop a model for the selective...”

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QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES OF THE UNITED STATES INTERREGIONAL SLAVE TRADE, 1820–1860

by Pritchett, Jonathan B Published in The Journal of Economic History (01.06.2001)

“...“It is impossible to say definitely what percentage of the movement of slaves to the lower South was comprised in the domestic slave trade.…” L. C. GrayGray,...”

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On the marital status of U. S. slaves: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana

by Logan, Trevon D Pritchett, Jonathan B Published in Explorations in economic history (01.07.2018)

“...We estimate marriage rates for enslaved African Americans using unique hospital records that report marital status for both free and enslaved patients. We find...”

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Strangers′ Disease: Determinants of Yellow Fever Mortality during the New Orleans Epidemic of 1853

by Pritchett, Jonathan B Tunali, Insan Published in Explorations in economic history (1995)

“...During the summer of 1853, New Orleans experienced one of the worst epidemics in the history of the United States. Immigrants accounted for a vast majority of...”

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Preserving Slave Families for Profit: Traders' Incentives and Pricing in the New Orleans Slave Market

by Calomiris, Charles W Pritchett, Jonathan
01.08.2008

“...We investigate the determinants of slave family discounts, using data from the New Orleans slave market. We find large price discounts for families which...”

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A Peculiar Sample: A Reply to Steckel and Ziebarth

by Pritchett, Jonathan Published in The Journal of Economic History (01.03.2016)

“... Richard Steckel and Nicolas Ziebarth (2016) find that biases in height by age imposed by traders versus non-traders were negligible. Importantly, their...”

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Selection in the Market for Slaves: New Orleans, 1830-1860

by Jonathan B. Pritchett Richard M. Chamberlain Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.05.1993)

“...Greenwald and Glasspiegel argue that adverse selection depressed the market prices of slaves, causing current researchers to overestimate the rate of return...”

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