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Lukas Althoff
@AlthoffLukas
Assistant Professor @StanfordEcon
Stanford, CA
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Jun 15
    The WWII GI Bill is among the largest education subsidies in US history, doubling white men's college completion. Though race-blind on paper, it steered Black men away from the knowledge economy it helped build. Today, racial gaps are wider as a result. 🧵New paper w/ C.Szerman
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
    🚨 I am excited to share my Job Market Paper. "Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery" (w/ @ReichardtHugo) We provide new evidence that a Black family's socioeconomic status today strongly depends on their historical exposure to racially oppressive institutions.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Oct 2, 2024
    I'm hiring a Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant starting fall 2025. Together, we will build and analyze big data to study inequality in America. @Stanford @SIEPR siepr.stanford.edu/programs/predo…
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 8, 2023
    I am hiring a full-time Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant at Yale starting in the Fall of 2024. Details: tobin.yale.edu/opportunities/…
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    Black families who were enslaved until the Civil War have considerably lower education, income, and wealth than Black families freed before the Civil War (in 1940 & even today). The "Free-Enslaved" gaps in these outcomes equal 40% of the corresponding Black-white gaps.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    Full paper here: lukasalthoff.github.io/jmp/althoff_jm…
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Jan 16, 2024
    I am excited to host a session on "Systemic Discrimination" with the amazing @MaggieECJones & @mellosteve2. Please be part of the friendly applied micro takeover of the SED by sending in your paper by Feb 15.
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    Dec 19, 2023
    The next SED meeting will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on June 27-29. Submissions are open: editorialexpress.com/conference/SED… Deadline: Feb 15!! @afogli001 @emanresa82 @paures12 @RevEconDyn
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Aug 28, 2022
    Immensely grateful for the opportunity to present at the @lindaunobel + 5 days of meeting other young economists! #LINOecon
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    In sum, systemic discrimination—the higher exposure to ongoing discrimination 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯—is the driving force that has perpetuated slavery‘s legacy.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    Why has the Free-Enslaved gap been so persistent? We find a key factor is the difference in location between enslaved & free Black Americans by the end of slavery.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 30, 2022
    Looking forward to sharing my JMP at the @nberpubs Economics of Mobility meeting this Friday (Dec 2). 📢 Amazing program incl. keynote by Stefanie Stantcheva. 📺 All live-streamed on NBER YouTube: nber.org/conferences/ec…
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
    🚨 I am excited to share my Job Market Paper. "Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery" (w/ @ReichardtHugo) We provide new evidence that a Black family's socioeconomic status today strongly depends on their historical exposure to racially oppressive institutions.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    🙏🏻 I'm greatly indebted to my advisors @leah_boustan, @EDerenoncourt, and @ReddingEcon; many other people who have generously offered their comments and suggestions; and the @PrincetonEcon Program for Research on Inequality for its generous support.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    After slavery, the states in the Deep South adopted the strictest Jim Crow regimes. Those regimes were targeted at limiting Black economic progress through racial segregation, Black voter disenfranchisement, and restrictions to Black geographic mobility.
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    Lukas Althoff
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    Nov 9, 2022
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    We assess the likely force behind the importance of states—namely, their Jim Crow regimes. We measure a Jim Crow regime's intensity via 1. Our new database on 800 Jim Crow laws 2. @ReginaSBaker's index of states' historical racial regimes 3. Measures of Black school quality