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Title: lavery and Subsequent Intergenerational Mobility in the United States

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Research has shown that historical levels of slavery have an adverse impact on con- temporary economic development in the U.S., including income inequality and education. This paper assesses the relationship between slavery and intergenerational mobility, both in the past and at present. We first use the IPUMS Linked Representative Samples be- tween 1860-1910 to show two things: 1) intergenerational mobility is lower in slave states versus free states and 2) the black-white difference in mobility is higher in slave states versus free states. We then merge historical data on slave density (slaves/population) with the contemporary intergenerational mobility data from Chetty, Hendren, Kline, and Saez (2014) to show that the two results still hold, even after controlling for income inequal- ity, education, and a battery of other controls. Our results suggest the legacy of slavery continues to be felt in the U.S. today.

Url: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9edf/3a9ba26301ee56ba8c8e4b377e7d32f9d257.pdf

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Authors: Dalton, John, T; Leung, Tin, C

Publisher: Wake Forest University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

Countries: United States