蝌蚪网 Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity
蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 16,
no. 3, July 2024
(pp. 354–98)
Abstract
This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete-count 1940 census to estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling (12 percent) by moving from the South to the North. Many counties that had the strongest positive impacts on children during the 1940s offer relatively poor opportunities for Black youth today. Opportunities for Black children were greater in places with more schooling investment, stronger labor market opportunities for Black adults, more social capital, and less crime.Citation
Baran, Cavit, Eric Chyn, and Bryan A. Stuart. 2024. "The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics 16 (3): 354–98. DOI: 10.1257/app.20220079Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I26 Returns to Education
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
- N92 Regional and Urban History: U.S.; Canada: 1913-