Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881

Peter Baskerville; Lisa Dillon; Kris Inwood; Evan Roberts; Steven Ruggles; Kevin Schurer; John Robert Warren

doi:10.1109/BigData.2014.7004446

Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881

Peter Baskerville, Lisa Dillon, Kris Inwood, Evan Roberts, Steven Ruggles, Kevin Schurer, John Robert Warren

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For almost two centuries social theorists have argued that the fundamental difference in social structure between Europe and North America arises from greater economic and geographic mobility in North America. We study social mobility in three countries across two generations using machine learning techniques to create panels of individuals linked between censuses thirty years apart (1850-1880, 1880-1910). This paper reports on a preliminary analysis of social mobility between 1850 and 1880, finding that mobility was markedly higher in the United States and Canada, compared to Great Britain.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014
Editors	Jimmy Lin, Jian Pei, Xiaohua Tony Hu, Wo Chang, Raghunath Nambiar, Charu Aggarwal, Nick Cercone, Vasant Honavar, Jun Huan, Bamshad Mobasher, Saumyadipta Pyne
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	5-13
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479956654
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData.2014.7004446
State	Published - 2014
Event	2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014 - Washington, United States Duration: Oct 27 2014 → Oct 30 2014

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Other	2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	10/27/14 → 10/30/14

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machine learning
social mobility

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Baskerville, P., Dillon, L., Inwood, K., Roberts, E., Ruggles, S., Schurer, K., & Warren, J. R. (2014). Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881. In J. Lin, J. Pei, X. T. Hu, W. Chang, R. Nambiar, C. Aggarwal, N. Cercone, V. Honavar, J. Huan, B. Mobasher, & S. Pyne (Eds.), Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014 (pp. 5-13). Article 7004446 (Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData.2014.7004446

Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881. / Baskerville, Peter; Dillon, Lisa; Inwood, Kris et al.
Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014. ed. / Jimmy Lin; Jian Pei; Xiaohua Tony Hu; Wo Chang; Raghunath Nambiar; Charu Aggarwal; Nick Cercone; Vasant Honavar; Jun Huan; Bamshad Mobasher; Saumyadipta Pyne. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 5-13 7004446 (Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014).

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Baskerville, P, Dillon, L, Inwood, K, Roberts, E , Ruggles, S, Schurer, K & Warren, JR 2014, Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881. in J Lin, J Pei, XT Hu, W Chang, R Nambiar, C Aggarwal, N Cercone, V Honavar, J Huan, B Mobasher & S Pyne (eds), Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014., 7004446, Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 5-13, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014, Washington, United States, 10/27/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData.2014.7004446

Baskerville P, Dillon L, Inwood K, Roberts E , Ruggles S, Schurer K et al. Mining microdata: Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881. In Lin J, Pei J, Hu XT, Chang W, Nambiar R, Aggarwal C, Cercone N, Honavar V, Huan J, Mobasher B, Pyne S, editors, Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 5-13. 7004446. (Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014). doi: 10.1109/BigData.2014.7004446

Baskerville, Peter ; Dillon, Lisa ; Inwood, Kris et al. / Mining microdata : Economic opportunity and spatial mobility in Britain and the United States, 1850-1881. Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014. editor / Jimmy Lin ; Jian Pei ; Xiaohua Tony Hu ; Wo Chang ; Raghunath Nambiar ; Charu Aggarwal ; Nick Cercone ; Vasant Honavar ; Jun Huan ; Bamshad Mobasher ; Saumyadipta Pyne. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 5-13 (Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, IEEE Big Data 2014).

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