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Title: Essays on Slavery, Intergenerational Mobility and the Persistence of Distrust and Inequality

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: The Americas presents a unique case study in which the historical experiences of its ancestral populations and the link to development can be examined, with migrants originating from different parts of the world both voluntarily and involuntarily from Europe, Africa an Asia. In particular, the historical event of slavery, and later events post abolition particularly in the United States (U.S.) such as the infringement of civil rights (example, prohibition of interracial marriages), resulted in heterogeneous effects across ancestral generations, regions and countries. In this dissertation, I contribute to the literature in the following ways; (1) I examine slavery's impact on trust as a plausible transmission mechanism that can explain comparative economic development across American countries, and (2) I examine interracial marriages as a mechanism affecting intergenerational and social mobility, and explore its association to the persistence of inequality in the United States. To conduct my study, I collect historical data on slave populations as well as other essential data on the historical demographic and social characteristics of American populations. Since a large part of my study links historical factors to present-day outcomes, I also collect contemporary data on several social and demographic indicators.

Url: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/104726/2/02whole.pdf

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Authors: Charles, Jacky S

Institution: The University of Adelaide

Department: Economics

Advisor: Richard Pomfret

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Adelaide, Australia

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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