217 million census records: evidence from linked census data
New historical census sources and advances in record linking technology are allowing economic historians to become big data genealogists.
New historical census sources and advances in record linking technology are allowing economic historians to become big data genealogists.
Thursday 7 March 2024 | 1 hour 32 minutes 30 seconds
In this talk, James Feigenbaum shows how the ability to link individuals over time, and between databases, means that new avenues for research have opened up, thus allowing us to track intergenerational mobility, assimilation, discrimination and the returns to education.