C. Hoyt Bleakley

Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics.

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Dr. Bleakley's research interests include economic history, development, labor, and international macroeconomics.

hoytb@umich.edu

734763-9237

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Hoyt Bleakley and his papers quoted in the Washington Post

Bleakley says state educational initiatives favoring skills-oriented career training may have more ROI for employers than workers

Bleakley says administration's inaccuracies on Japan's US auto production cast uncertainty on policymaking

Bleakley says reversing US trade policies could be 'recipe for slowdown'

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Bleakley, C. Hoyt. 2018. "Health, Disease, and Sanitation in American Economic History." In The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History edited by Cain, Louis P., Fishback, Price V., Rhode, Paul W.. Oxford University Press.

Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Sok Chul Hong. 2017. "Adapting to the Weather: Lessons from U.S. History." The Journal of Economic History, 77(3): 756-795. PMCID: PMC5617122.

Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Joseph Ferrie. 2016. "Shocking Behavior: Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations." The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(3): 1455-1495.

Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Jeffrey Lin. 2015. "History and the Sizes of Cities." American Economic Review, 105(5): 558-563.

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Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Governance, Citizenship, and Accountability: People-Centered Development in the Ugandan Health Sector (NSF)

Longitudinal Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database (LIFE-M) (NSF)

Changes in Health and Longevity over the 20th Century: Evidence from North Carolina (MiCDA)

PSC Trainees

Hannah Marie Bolder, Joshua Greenberg, Mike Mei

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