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Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States

Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 107-154). 2006

In this chapter we present an overview of the history of racial differences in schooling in the United States. We present basic data on literacy, school attendance, educational attainment, various measures of school quality, and the returns to schooling. Then, in the context of a simple model of...

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Historical slavery predicts contemporary violent crime

Gouda, Moamen; Rigterink, Anouk S. - 2024

This study investigates the long-term relationship between slavery and violent crime in the USA. Although qualitative … evidence suggests that slavery perpetuated violence, there has been no large-N study supporting this claim. Using county … specific to violent crime, robust to instrumenting for slavery and varying the approach to missing crime data, and not driven …

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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...

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Comment: Betting on secession : quantifying political events surrounding slavery and the Civil War

Hallwood, Paul - 2017

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The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020

This paper documents the persistence of the Southern slave owning elite in political power after the end of the American Civil War. We draw on a database of Texan state legislators between 1860 and 1900 and link them to their or their ancestors' slaveholdings in 1860. We then show that former...

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Genesis of U.S. colorism and skin tone stratification : Slavery, freedom, and Mulatto-Black occupational inequality in the late 19th century

Reece, Robert L. - In: The review of black political economy : analyzing … 45 (2018) 1, pp. 3-21

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The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020

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Pauli Murray : the US firebrand's unique opportunity to influence a continent

Dabscheck, Braham - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 30 (2019) 4, pp. 566-579

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Illiberal economic institutions and racial intolerance in the United States

Wright, Walker - In: Economic affairs : journal of the Institute of Economic … 42 (2022) 2, pp. 307-326

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Federal slavery legislation and voting in US gubernatorial elections, 1840–1860

Jensen, Alexander; Mader, Madeline; Parinandi, Srinivas C. - In: Journal of historical political economy : JHPE 3 (2023) 2, pp. 161-178

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