The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity

Cavit Baran, Eric Chyn and Bryan Andrew Stuart ()
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Cavit Baran: Northwestern University
Bryan Andrew Stuart: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

No 15979, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 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.

Keywords: Great Migration; human capital; education; place effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 J15 J24 N32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 105 pages
Date: 2023-02
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Journal Article: The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity (2024)
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Working Paper: The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity (2022)
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