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Leah Platt Boustan

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Publications

36

Citations

4.9K

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29

Active since

2005

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

Princeton University

National Bureau of Economic Research

Stanford University

University of Michigan

Leah Platt Boustan is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in social sciences, economics, and demography.

Publications per year

2005–2023

36

Publications

36

Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan · American Economic Review · 2012 · 473 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, History +13

A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan · Journal of Political Economy · 2014 · 470 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Demography, Economics +17

Was Postwar Suburbanization “White Flight”? Evidence from the Black Migration<sup>*</sup>

Leah Platt Boustan · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2010 · 398 citations

Humanities, Ethnic Studies, Economic Demography +15

The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data

Leah Platt Boustan, Matthew E. Kahn, Paul W. Rhode et al. · Journal of Urban Economics · 2020 · 341 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Disaster Response +15

Immigration in American Economic History

Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan · Journal of Economic Literature · 2017 · 300 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, History +12

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