The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity

Cavit Baran, Eric Chyn and Bryan A. Stuart

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 354-98

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 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.

JEL-codes: H75 I26 J13 J15 J24 N32 N92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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