Replication data for: Selection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data
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Project Citation:
Collins, William J., and Wanamaker, Marianne H. Replication data for: Selection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113878V1
Project Description
Summary:
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The onset of World War I spurred the "Great Migration" of African
Americans from the US South, arguably the most important internal
migration in US history. We create a new panel dataset of more than
5,000 men matched from the 1910 to 1930 census manuscripts to
address three interconnected questions: To what extent was there
selection into migration? How large were the migrants' gains?
Did migration narrow the racial gap in economic status? We find
evidence of positive selection, but the migrants' gains were large.
A substantial amount of black-white convergence in this period is
attributable to migration.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
N92 Regional and Urban History: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
N92 Regional and Urban History: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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