The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South
Dan A. Black, Seth G. Sanders, Evan J. Taylor, Lowell J. Taylor
American Economic Review · 2015 · Volume 105 · Issue 2
Abstract
The Great Migration–the massive migration of African Americans out of the rural South to largely urban locations in the North, Midwest, and West–was a landmark event in US history. Our paper shows that this migration increased mortality of African Americans born in the early twentieth century South. This inference comes from an analysis that uses proximity of birthplace to railroad lines as an instrument for migration. (JEL I12, J15, N31, N32, N91, N92, R23)
Keywords
Health Behavior, Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants, Non-labor Discrimination, Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S., Canada: Pre-1913, Canada: 1913-, Regional and Urban History: U.S., Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration, Regional Labor Markets, Population, Neighborhood Characteristics
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