Impacts of the Relocation Program on Native American Migration and Fertility

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Anchorage
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050724000032
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 74-110
• 关键词: mobility; neighborhoods; indians; opportunity; exposure; QUALITY; women; LAND

摘要

This paper estimates the migratory and fertility effects of the federal Relocation Program, which attempted to move Native American individuals to urban areas under the promises of financial assistance and job training. I find the Relocation Program increased the Native American population in the target cities by more than 100,000 people. I also find that second- and third-generation Native American women living in cities have a 50 percent lower fertility rate than those living in areas with historically large Native American populations. These findings indicate that this program meaningfully shifted the spatial distribution of the Native American population.