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Title: Recruitment Restrictions and Labor Markets: Evidence from the Postbellum U.S. South

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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DOI: 10.1086/651512

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Abstract: This article studies the effect of recruitment restrictions on mobility and wages in the postbellum U.S. South. I estimate the effects of criminal fines charged for “enticement” (recruiting workers already under contract) on sharecropper mobility, tenancy choice, and agricultural wages. I find that a $13 (10%) increase in the enticement fine lowered the probability of a move by black sharecroppers by 12%, daily wages by 1 cent (.1%), and the returns to experience for blacks by 0.6% per year. These results are consistent with an on‐the‐job search model, where the enticement fine raises the cost of recruiting an employed worker.

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/651512

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Authors: Naidu, Suresh

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Economics

Issue: 2

Volume: 28

Pages: 413-445

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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