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Title: Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: This article is a summary of a much longer NBER working paper, Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States, available at http://www.nber.org/papers/w9770. In this paper we attempt to provide a historical perspective on contemporary racial differences in schooling. Our focus on the past is predicated on the belief that policy debates are enriched by historical perspective. At the most basic level, historical perspective tells us whether the issue under study is transitory or permanent. Factors that are alleged to be important at a point in time may turn out to be less important for change over time (or vice versa).The evidence discussed in the paper draws heavily on recently available public use samples of various historical censuses, as well as other public documents. This evidence is then interpreted in an analytic narrative that is conceptually based on a simple model of optimal human capital investment.

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Authors: Margo, Robert A.; Collins, William

Periodical (Full): Insights on Southern Poverty: The Newsletter of the UK Center for Poverty Research

Issue: 1

Volume: 2

Pages: 1-5

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Race and Ethnicity

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