The long-run effects of temporarily closing schools: Evidence from Virginia, 1870s-1910s

Paul Winfree

No 23-02, QUCEH Working Paper Series from Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History

Abstract: New hand-collected school administrative data from 1870s Virginia, alongside linked individual US Censusrecords, reveals that temporary school closures had lasting effects on literacy and income in adulthood. Those affected by the closures had lower intergenerational economic mobility, particularly those from low-income backgrounds. The age at which the closures occurred also played a role with younger cohorts more affected by early developmental disruptions and older cohorts more affected by prolonged closures.

Keywords: returns to education; school closures; literacy; economic mobility; wage inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I21 I24 I26 I28 J62 N31 N91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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