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This dissertation includes three essays in economic history and applied microeconomics. In the first chapter, I investigate the intergenerational effects of a negative shock in wealth for African Americans by examining the failure of the Freedman's Bank. I find that children of …

Biological responses to environmental perturbations can be transmitted across multiple generations through non-genetic mechanisms, and can potentially sensitize or harden offspring to those perturbations. Understanding these multigenerational effects in natural populations could…