Research

Publications on the Economics of the Civil Rights Movement:

Jones, M.E.C., Logan, T., Rosé, D., and Lisa Cook (2024). Black-Friendly Businesses in Cities During the Civil Rights Era. Journal of Urban Economics. [Online Appendix]

Cook, L.D., Jones, M.E.C., Logan, T.D, and David Rosé (2023). The Evolution of Access to Public Accommodations in the United StatesQuarterly Journal of Economics, 138(1): 37-102.[Online Appendix]

Publications on Economic Issues Facing Indigenous Communities:

Feir, D., Foley, K., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2025). Heterogeneous Returns to Active Labour Market Programming for Indigenous Populations. Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.

The Intergenerational Legacy of Indian Residential Schools (2024). Demography, forthcoming. [Online Appendix]

Feir, D., Jones, M.E.C., and Angela Redish (2024). American Indian Wealth in the Early 20th Century. AEA Papers and Proceedingsforthcoming. [Online Appendix]. This paper was part of a keynote session at the 2024 AEA/ASSA Meetings, which is available for viewing here

Feir, D., Gillzeau, R., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2023). The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains.  Review of Economic Studies, 91(3): 1634-1670. [Accepted Version] [Online Appendix]

Jones, M.E.C. (2023). Post-Secondary Funding and the Educational Attainment of Indigenous Students.  Economics of Education Review, 97. [Online Appendix]

Feir, D., Jones, M.E.C., and David Scoones (2023). When Do Nations Tax? The Adoption of Property Tax Codes By First Nations in Canada. Public Choice.

Barber, M., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2021).  Inequalities in Test Scores Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth in Canada.  Economics of Education Review, 83.

Feir, D., K. Foley, and Maggie E. C. Jones (2021). The Distributional Impacts of Active Labor Market Programs for Indigenous Populations.  AEA Papers and Proceedings 111, 216-220.  [Online Appendix]. This paper was part of a keynote session at the 2021 AEA/ASSA Meetings, which is available for viewing here

Feir, D., and Maggie E.C. Jones (2020). Repaying a Debt? The Performance of Morrill Act University Beneficiaries as Measured by Native Enrollment and Graduation Rates. Invited publication for Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Journal 8(1), 129-138.

Other Publications:

Afodjo, N., Cotton, C., Jones, M.E.C., and Lydia Scholle-Cotton (2024). Student Experiences with COVID-19 in Canada. In: The Broad Impacts of COVID-19 on Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, forthcoming. Edited by Christopher Cotton and Ellen Rafferty.

Gangji, A., Jones, M.E.C., and Laurel Wheeler (2024). Outlook on the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Communities and Peoples in Canada. In: The Broad Impacts of COVID-19 on Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, forthcoming. Edited by Christopher Cotton and Ellen Rafferty.

Jaworski, T., M. E. C. Jones, and Mario Samano (2018). Entry and Pricing on Broadway.  Applied Economics Letters 25(10), 653-658. [Online Appendix]

Jones, M. E. C., M. Ø. Nielsen, and Michal K. Popiel (2014). A Fractionally Cointegrated VAR Analysis of Economic Voting and Political Support.  Canadian Journal of Economics 47(4), 1078-1130. (Note: a working paper version can be found here)

Rosenblum, D., and Maggie Jones (2013). Did the Taliban’s Opium Eradication Campaign Cause a Decline in HIV Infections in Russia? Substance Use and Misuse 48(6), 470-476.

Papers Under Review/Accepted:

Indigenous Nations at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Evidence from the 1901 Canadian Census and the Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for 1900 – with Donn Feir, Rob Gillezeau, and Kris Inwood (Conditionally accepted at Historical Methods)

Competition and Consumer Discrimination – Trevon Logan,  David Rosé and Lisa Cook [Online Appendix] (Reject and resubmit at Journal of Political Economy)

Institutional Drift, Property Rights, and Economic Development: Evidence from Historical Treaties – with Donn Feir and Rob Gillezeau

Working Papers (email for latest draft if not posted):

Colonization Through Treaties: Evidence from Canada – with Donn Feir and Rob Gillezeau

A Vaccination Scar: The Cutter Incident and Medical Mistrust in America – with Kate Fairley and David Rosé

Assimilative Education Policy in Canada, 1900-1939 – with Abubakr Ayesh, Donn Feir, Rob Gillezeau, and Samuel Shipley

Short- and Long-Run Effects of High Stakes Testing – with Kelly Foley

Work in Progress:

The Legacy of Indian Missions in the United States – with Donn Feir, Amy Lim, and David Scoones

The Health and Wealth of Indigenous Nations in the 20th Century – with Donn Feir and Angela Redish 

What’s in a Name? Confederate Schools and the Educational Outcomes of African American Youth – with Carycruz Bueno and Jhacova Williams

Permanent Working Papers:

The Green Books and the Geography of Segregation in Public Accommodations – with Lisa Cook and Trevon Logan and David Rosé (Permanent Working Paper: NBER Working Paper No. 26819)

Illuminating Indigenous Economic Development – with Donn Feir and Rob Gillezeau (Please contact authors before citing. Revision requested at Canadian Journal of Economics)