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Title: Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2001

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Abstract: White and nonwhite infant mortality rates declined sharply between 1920 and 1970, but the ratio of nonwhite/white rates did not decline. This paper examines the racial gap using state level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita. We find that these variables can explain a large portion of the persistent racial gap in infant mortality rates between 1920 and 1945, but a smaller portion thereafter. We also find that even after controlling for these characteristics, southern states had relatively high infant mortality rates during this period, especially for nonwhites.

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Authors: Collins, William J.; Thomasson, Melissa A.

Conference Name: Economic History Seminar - Yale University

Publisher Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Health, Race and Ethnicity

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