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James Feigenbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University, affiliated with the NBER (Development of the American Economy program) and BU’s Center for Innovation in Social Science. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (2016) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University (2008). His research focuses on economic history, labor economics, and political economy, with emphases on inequality, health/mortality patterns, and intergenerational mobility in 19th–20th century U.S. contexts. He has pioneered automated census record-linking techniques to study long-term socioeconomic trends. Notable works include analyses of racial disparities in pandemic mortality, Sherman’s March economic impacts, and the effects of automation on labor markets.
Feigenbaum teaches advanced economic history courses (e.g., GRS EC 764, CAS EC 365) and contributes to policy-relevant research on education’s impact on civic engagement. He has received awards for his Demography (2023) and Explorations in Economic History (2017) articles. His methodological innovations, including Stata tools for string distance calculations (jarowinkler), aid scholars in linking historical datasets. Current projects include studies of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s economic legacy and legislative behavior dynamics.
