The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South

Dan Black, Seth G. Sanders, Evan Taylor and Lowell Taylor

American Economic Review, 2015, vol. 105, issue 2, 477-503

Abstract: The Great Migration–the massive migration of African Americans out of the rural South to largely urban locations in the North, Midwest, and West–was a landmark event in US history. Our paper shows that this migration increased mortality of African Americans born in the early twentieth century South. This inference comes from an analysis that uses proximity of birthplace to railroad lines as an instrument for migration. (JEL I12, J15, N31, N32, N91, N92, R23)

JEL-codes: I12 J15 N31 N32 N91 N92 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.20120642
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