My research interests include U.S. Economic History, and Applied Microeconomics.  I have written about a broad range of topics including the geographic integration of U.S. labor markets in the late nineteenth century, Economic growth in colonial British North America, migration patterns in the United States, and the under representation of women and minorities in the Information Technology Workforce. 

Additional information about the IT Workforce Project can be found on the project web site.

Please consult my C.V. for a complete list of my published research.

You may view copies of recent, unpublished work by following the links below:

1. “The Role of Exports in the Economy of Colonial North America: Estimates for the Middle Colonies” with Peter C. Mancall and Thomas Weiss (March 2008)
   

2. “Why are there so few women in Information Technology? Assessing the role of Personality in Career Choice”, with Ronald A. Ash, LeAnne Coder and Brandon Dupont (September 2006)
   

3.   “Examining the Obstacles to Broadening Participation in Computing: Evidence from a Survey of Professional Workers,” with Ronald A. Ash, LeAnne Coder, and Brandon Dupont (July 2007)
   

4. “The Value of the Diet in the Lower South in the Eighteenth Century”, with Peter C. Mancall and Thomas Weiss (June 2006)