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C. Hoyt Bleakley
Funded Research:
Longitudinal Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database (LIFE-M) (NSF)
Changes in Health and Longevity over the 20th Century: Evidence from North Carolina (MiCDA)
Pilot Study for Creating the Early Twentieth Century Intergenerational, Longitudinal Dataset (PSC Pilot)
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Bleakley's research interests include economic history, development, labor, and international macroeconomics.
Select Publications
Journal Articles
Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Jeffrey Lin. 2015. "History and the Sizes of Cities." American Economic Review, 105(5): 558-563. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Jeffrey Lin. 2012. "Thick-Market Effects and Churning in the Labor Market: Evidence from U.S. Cities." Journal of Urban Economics, 72(2-3): 87-103. PMCID: PMC3771360. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Jeffrey Lin. 2012. "Portage and Path Dependence." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(2): 587-644. PMCID: PMC3738199. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt. 2010. "Health, Human Capital, and Development." Annual Review of Economics, 2: 283-310. PMCID: PMC3800109. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt. 2010. "Malaria in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2(2). PMCID: PMC3810960. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Kevin Cowan. 2010. "Maturity Mismatch and Financial Crises: Evidence from Emerging Market Corporations." Journal of Development Economics, 93(2): 189-205. DOI. Abstract.
Bleakley, C. Hoyt, and Aimee Chin. 2010. "Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2(1): 165-192. PMCID: PMC2813069. DOI. Abstract.