Chyn, Eric Stuart, Bryan A. 2024 Baran, Cavit <br/><br/>
The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity 

 -  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics  2024 
 - 354-398 
<br/><br/> This paper studies the impact of the First Great Migration on children. We use the complete-count 1940 census to estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0.8 years of schooling (12 percent) by moving from the South to the North. Many counties that had the strongest positive impacts on children during the 1940s offer relatively poor opportunities for Black youth today. Opportunities for Black children were greater in places with more schooling investment, stronger labor market opportunities for Black adults, more social capital, and less crime. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1945-7782 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Children<br/> Education<br/> Family Planning<br/> State and Local Government: Health<br/> Youth, Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants<br/>Child Care