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Title: The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2022

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DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2022.04

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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.

Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4031175

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Authors: Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A.

Series Title: FRB Philadelphia Working Paper

Publication Number: 22-04

Institution: Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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