The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

Francisca Antman and Kalena Cortes

No 29200, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We present the first quantitative analysis of the impact of ending de jure segregation of Mexican-American school children in the United States by examining the effects of the 1947 Mendez v. Westminster court decision on long-run educational attainment for Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in California. Our identification strategy relies on comparing individuals across California counties that vary in their likelihood of segregating and across birth cohorts that vary in their exposure to the Mendez court ruling based on school start age. Results point to a significant increase in educational attainment for Hispanics who were fully exposed to school desegregation.

JEL-codes: I24 I26 J15 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08
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Published as Francisca M. Antman & Kalena E. Cortes, 2023. "The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican American School Desegregation," Journal of Economic Literature, vol 61(3), pages 888-905.

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