American Economic Review Vol. 105 No. 2 2015

The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South

Dan A. Black¹; Seth Sanders²; Evan J. Taylor³; Lowell J. Taylor⁴

¹ University of Chicago, 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, and NORC (e-mail: ) · ² Duke University, 419 Chapel Drive, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708, and NORC (e-mail: ) · ³ University of Michigan, 238 Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (e-mail: ) · ⁴ Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, NORC, and NBER (e-mail: ).

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 U.S. 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.

DOI

10.1257/aer.20120642

Volume

105

Issue

2

Pages

477-503

Language

en

Sources

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