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Title: The Great Migration in Black and White: New Evidence on the Selection and Sorting of Southern Migrants

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: We construct datasets of linked census records to study internal migrants selection and destination choices during the first decades of the Great Migration (1910-1930). We study both whites and blacks and intra- and inter-regional migration. While there is some evidence of positive selection, the degree of selection was small and participation in migration was widespread. Differences in background, including initial location, cannot account for racial differences in destination choices. Blacks and whites were similarly responsive to pre-existing migrant stocks from their home state, but black men were more deterred by distance, attracted to manufacturing, and responsive to labor demand.

Url: http://www.nber.org/papers/w21384

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Authors: Wanamaker, Marianne H; Collins, Williams J

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic History

Issue: 4

Volume: 75

Pages: 947-992

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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