The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A.
• 署名单位: Sabanci University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; National Bureau of Economic Research; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Philadelphia
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20220079
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 354-398
• 关键词: black-and-white; african-americans; School quality; violent crime; IMPACT; neighborhoods; selection; outcomes; RESOURCES; mortality

摘要

This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete -count 1940 census to estimate selection -corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average , Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling ( 12 percent ) by moving from the South to the North. Many counties that had the strongest positive impacts on children during the 1940s offer relatively poor opportunities for Black youth today. Opportunities for Black children were greater in places with more schooling investment , stronger labor market opportunities for Black adults , more social capital , and less crime.