The Effects of Racial Segregation on Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Historical Railroad Placement /
Chyn, Eric.
The Effects of Racial Segregation on Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Historical Railroad Placement / Eric Chyn, Kareem Haggag, Bryan A. Stuart. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w30563 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30563. .
October 2022.
This paper provides new evidence on the causal impacts of city-wide racial segregation on intergenerational mobility. We use an instrumental variable approach that relies on plausibly exogenous variation in segregation due to the arrangement of railroad tracks in the nineteenth century. Our analysis finds that higher segregation reduces upward mobility for Black children from households across the income distribution and White children from low-income households. Moreover, segregation lowers academic achievement while increasing incarceration and teenage birth rates. An analysis of mechanisms shows that segregation reduces government spending, weakens support for anti-poverty policies, and increases racially conservative attitudes for White residents.
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The Effects of Racial Segregation on Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Historical Railroad Placement / Eric Chyn, Kareem Haggag, Bryan A. Stuart. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w30563 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30563. .
October 2022.
This paper provides new evidence on the causal impacts of city-wide racial segregation on intergenerational mobility. We use an instrumental variable approach that relies on plausibly exogenous variation in segregation due to the arrangement of railroad tracks in the nineteenth century. Our analysis finds that higher segregation reduces upward mobility for Black children from households across the income distribution and White children from low-income households. Moreover, segregation lowers academic achievement while increasing incarceration and teenage birth rates. An analysis of mechanisms shows that segregation reduces government spending, weakens support for anti-poverty policies, and increases racially conservative attitudes for White residents.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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