Ran Abramitzky

Stanford University - Department of Economics

Assistant Professor

Stanford, CA 94305

United States

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Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching

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Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2009
Ran Abramitzky, Adeline Delavande and Luis I. Vasconcelos
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New University of Lisbon - Faculdade de Economia and New University of Lisbon - Faculdade de Economia
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Marriage, sex ratio, assortative matching, social classes

Marrying Up: The Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching

MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Ran Abramitzky, Adeline Delavande and Luis I. Vasconcelos
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New University of Lisbon - Faculdade de Economia and New University of Lisbon - Faculdade de Economia
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Marriage, sex ratio, male scarcity, assortative matching, social classes

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Book Translations as Idea Flows: The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge

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Book Translations as Idea Flows: The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Apr 2011
Ran Abramitzky and Isabelle Sin
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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international flows of ideas, international transfer of knowledge, globalization, book translations, Communism, transition economies

Book Translations as Idea Flows: The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge

Motu Working Paper No. 12-05
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 May 2012
Ran Abramitzky and Isabelle Sin
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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idea flows, book translations, institutions, institutional change, Communism's collapse

Book Translations as Idea Flows: The Effects of the Collapse of Communism on the Diffusion of Knowledge

NBER Working Paper No. w20023
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2021
Ran Abramitzky and Isabelle Sin
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Immigration in American Economic History

NBER Working Paper No. w21882
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jan 2016
Ran Abramitzky and Leah Platt Boustan
Stanford University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Testing Self-Selection in Migration: Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Ran Abramitzky
Stanford University - Department of Economics
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Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio De Janeiro 1870-1891

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Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio De Janeiro 1870-1891

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2011
Ran Abramitzky, Zephyr Frank and Aprajit Mahajan
Stanford University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stanford University
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Partnerships, Brazil

Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio de Janeiro, 1870-1891

Posted: 10 Jan 2010
Ran Abramitzky, Zephyr Frank and Aprajit Mahajan
Stanford University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stanford University

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Partnerships, Brazil, Risk, Incentives

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

NBER Working Paper No. w15684
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2010
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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Economics and the Modern Economic Historian

NBER Working Paper No. w21636
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2021
Ran Abramitzky
Stanford University - Department of Economics
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Cultural Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w22381
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2021
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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How Responsive is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Redistribution Policies and in Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w17093
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 May 2011 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2021
Ran Abramitzky and Victor Lavy
Stanford University - Department of Economics and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
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Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence from Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w18298
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w18011
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2021
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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Automated Linking of Historical Data

NBER Working Paper No. w25825
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 13 May 2019
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, Katherine Eriksson, James Feigenbaum and Santiago Pérez
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Princeton University, University of California, Davis, Boston University - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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Linking Individuals Across Historical Sources: A Fully Automated Approach

NBER Working Paper No. w24324
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2018
Ran Abramitzky, Roy Mill and Santiago Pérez
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Stanford University and University of California, Davis
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To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration

NBER Working Paper No. w22659
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Sep 2016
Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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The Long-Term Spillover Effects of Changes in the Return to Schooling

NBER Working Paper No. w24515
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Apr 2018
Ran Abramitzky, Victor Lavy and Santiago Pérez
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and University of California, Davis
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On the Optimality of Line Call Challenges in Professional Tennis

International Economic Review, Vol. 53, Issue 3, pp. 939-964, 2012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jul 2012
Ran Abramitzky, Liran Einav, Shimon Kolkowitz and Roy Mill
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stanford University
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The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 123, No. 3, 2008
Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Ran Abramitzky
Stanford University - Department of Economics

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The Limits of Equality: An Economic Analysis of the Israeli Kibbutz

Journal of Economic History, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 495-499, 2007
Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Ran Abramitzky
Stanford University - Department of Economics

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Migration and Human Capital: Self-Selection of Indentured Servants To the Americas

Journal of Economic History, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 882-905, 2006
Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Ran Abramitzky and Fabio Braggion
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management

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Is Hanukkah Responsive to Christmas?

Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2009
Ran Abramitzky, Liran Einav and Oren Rigbi
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Religious, Hanukkah, Identity