The Changing Consequences of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Roland G. Fryer and Michael Greenstone

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 116-48

Abstract: Using nationally representative data files from 1970s and 1990s college attendees, we find that in the 1970s matriculation at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) was associated with higher wages and an increased probability of graduation, relative to attending a traditionally white institution. By the 1990s, there is a wage penalty resulting in a 20 percent decline in the relative wages of HBCU graduates between the two decades. There is modest support for the possibility that the relative decline in wages associated with HBCU matriculation is partially due to improvements in TWIs' effectiveness at educating blacks. (JEL I23, J15, J24, J31)

JEL-codes: I23 J15 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.116
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