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Title: Migration and Loving

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between anti-miscegenation laws, interracial marriageand black males geographical distribution in the U.S. during and after the Great Migration.The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia in 1967, which forced thelast 16 Southern states to strike down their anti-miscegenation laws, creates a uniqueopportunity to explore the impact of an exogenous change in a states laws regulatinginterracial marriages. Analyzing the U.S. Census data, I find that anti-miscegenation laws inan individuals state of birth affect the sorting of inter- and intraracially married black malesinto destination states differentially.

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Authors: Gevrek, Deniz

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Publication Number: 5061

Institution: Insitutute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Publisher Location: Bonn, Germany

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Race and Ethnicity

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