Colleges and Upward Economic Mobility: The Distinctive Contribution of HBCUs
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 113,
May 2023
(pp. 446-50)
Abstract
Relying on a panel of more than 600 four-year colleges (including 49 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)), we show that HBCUs as a group outperform other major classes of institutions (for example, flagship state universities) in generating upward economic mobility for their graduates.Citation
Koch, James V., and Omari H. Swinton. 2023. "Colleges and Upward Economic Mobility: The Distinctive Contribution of HBCUs." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113: 446-50. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231130Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I28 Education: Government Policy
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination