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Ran Abramitzky

  • Associate Professor of Economics
  • Affiliated faculty at The Europe Center

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6072

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Biography

Ran Abramitzky is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University and incoming Senior Associate Dean for the Social Sciences. His research is in economic history and applied microeconomics, with focus on immigration and income inequality. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He is the vice chair of the economics department, and the co-editor of Explorations in Economic History. He was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, as well as National Science Foundation grants for research on the causes and consequences of income inequality and on international migration. His book, The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World (Princeton University Press, 2018) was awarded by the Economic History Association the Gyorgi Ranki Biennial Prize for an outstanding book on European Economic History. He has received the Economics Department’s and the Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. 

publications

Books
May 2022

Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

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Working Papers
June 2020

Automated Linking of Historical Data

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June 2020

Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office

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In The News

Image of "First sight of New York Bay -- arrival of a European steamer" by James Wells Champney
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European immigrants to America in early 20th century assimilated successfully, Stanford economist says

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European immigrants to America in early 20th century assimilated successfully, Stanford economist says

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Journal Article: "A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration," written by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan and Katherine Eriksson

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