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Title: The Impact of the Great Migration on the Mortality of African-Americans: Evidence from the Deep South

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: The Great Migration, the massive migration of African Americans out of the rural South to largely urban locations in the North, Midwest, and West, was a landmark event in US history. Our paper shows that this migration increased mortality of African Americans born in the early twentieth century South. This inference comes from an analysis that uses proximity of birthplace to railroad lines as an instrument for migration.

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Authors: Black, Dan

Periodical (Full): American Economic Review

Issue: 105

Volume: 2

Pages: 477-502

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States