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Votes for Women: An Economic Perspective on Women’s Enfranchisement by Moehling, Carolyn M., Thomasson, Melissa A.

“…The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 officially granted voting rights to women across the United States. However, many states extended full or…”
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Immigration, Crime, and Incarceration in Early Twentieth-Century America by Moehling, Carolyn, Piehl, Anne Morrison

“…The major government commissions on immigration and crime in the early twentieth century relied on evidence that suffered from aggregation bias and the absence…”
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Saving Babies: The Impact of Public Education Programs on Infant Mortality by Moehling, Carolyn M., Thomasson, Melissa A.

“…We take advantage of unique data on specific activities conducted under the Sheppard-Towner Act from 1924 through 1929 to focus on how public health…”
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Immigrant assimilation into US prisons, 1900-1930 by Moehling, Carolyn M., Piehl, Anne Morrison

“…The analysis of a new dataset on state prisoners in the 1900 to 1930 censuses reveals that immigrants rapidly assimilated to native incarceration patterns. One…”
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Medical education reforms and the origins of the rural physician shortage by Moehling, Carolyn M., Niemesh, Gregory T., Thomasson, Melissa A., Treber, Jaret

“…In the first two decades of the twentieth century, medical schools increased standards for admission and added basic science to their curricula. During this…”
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Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America by Bodenhorn, Howard, Moehling, Carolyn, Price, Gregory N.

“…We consider the extent to which an individual’s height affected the age at which he entered into criminal activity in early America. Using data on prisoners…”
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The Political Economy of Saving Mothers and Babies: The Politics of State Participation in the Sheppard-Towner Program by MOEHLING, CAROLYN M., THOMASSON, MELISSA A.

“…Enacted in 1922 and repealed in 1929, the Sheppard-Towner program gave federal matching money to states to provide public health education to mothers. We…”
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Erratum to: Immigration, Crime, and Incarceration in Early Twentieth-Century America by Moehling, Carolyn, Piehl, Anne Morrison

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The American Welfare System and Family Structure: An Historical Perspective by Moehling, Carolyn M

“…Cross-sectional studies find a positive relationship between a state's welfare benefits and single motherhood. But is this evidence of a "welfare effect" or…”
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Comments on Geiger, Marler, and Neumann by MOEHLING, CAROLYN M.

“…Geiger discovered this conspiracy accidentally; in searching through court records for the 1860s, he stumbled upon a number of check-kiting cases: a bank would…”
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“She Has Suddenly Become Powerful”: Youth Employment and Household Decision Making in the Early Twentieth Century by MOEHLING, CAROLYN M.

“…In the United States a century ago, working children turned over almost all of their earnings to their parents. What incentives, then, did they have to work?…”
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The fertility of the Irish in the United States in 1910 by Guinnane, Timothy W., Moehling, Carolyn M., Ó Gráda, Cormac

“…The relatively high marital fertility of the Irish in the United States in the 19th century has long been interpreted as evidence for the persistence of a…”
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State Child Labor Laws and the Decline of Child Labor by Moehling, Carolyn M.

“…Between 1880 and 1930, the occupation rate of children age 10 to 15 fell by over 75%. This paper examines whether state laws restricting the employment of…”
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Family structure, school attendance, and child labor in the American South in 1900 and 1910 by Moehling, Carolyn M

“…Even in the early 20th century, black children were much more likely to be living apart from one or both parents than were white children. This paper examines…”
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RISING INEQUALITY: TRENDS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN INDUSTRIALIZING NEW ENGLAND by Steckel, Richard H., Moehling, Carolyn M.

“…This article assembles new data and methods for studying wealth inequality trends in industrializing America. Inequality grew sharply between 1820 and 1850,…”
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WOMEN'S WORK AND MEN'S UNEMPLOYMENT by Moehling, Carolyn M.

“…A large literature examines men's unemployment and their wives' labor-market participation. In response to her husband's unemployment, a woman may adjust her…”
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Broken Homes: The "Missing" Children of the 1910 Census by Moehling, Carolyn M.

“…Progressive-era activists claimed that poverty led to broken homes: Impoverished parents-particularly single mothers-were compelled to place children in the…”
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Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780–1850. By Peter Kirby. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. 2013. Pp. xi, 212. $29.95, paper by Moehling, Carolyn M.

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Work and Family: Intergenerational Support in American Families, 1880–1920 by Moehling, Carolyn M.

“…Moehling examines the role of children in the economic support of American nonagricultural families from 1880 to 1920. Her data support the two-sided model for…”
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The American Welfare System and Family Structure by Moehling, Carolyn M

“…Cross-sectional studies find a positive relationship between a state's welfare benefits and single motherhood. But is this evidence of a "welfare effect" or…”
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