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Title: The Great Migrations Impact on the Education of Southern-born African Americans

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: During the twentieth century millions of African Americans migrated from the Southern United States to the North and West. Over the same period, significant gains in education were made that brought the educational attainment of southern blacks more in line with that of their northern counterparts. Much of the literature on the relationship between the Great Migration and schooling has focused on the educational characteristics of the migrants. In contrast, this study considers how the Great Migration affected the educational demands of southern blacks. Using the IPUMS, this study analyzes the impact of the increased probability of migration during this period on the school attendance of southern African Americans. The findings show that a 10 percentage point increase in the probability of migration caused the probability of attending school to increase by 2.8 to 3.4 percentage points.

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Authors: Baker, Richard B.

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Institution: Boston University

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Publisher Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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