I use variation in childhood exposure to the Dust Bowl, an environmental shock to health and income, as a natural … experiment to explain variation in adult human capital.  I find that the Dust Bowl produced significant adverse impacts in later … and college completion.  Dependence on agriculture exacerbates these effects, suggesting that the Dust Bowl was most …

I use variation in childhood exposure to the Dust Bowl, an environmental shock to health and income, as a natural … experiment to explain variation in adult human capital. I find that the Dust Bowl produced significant adverse impacts in later … and college completion. Dependence on agriculture exacerbates these effects, suggesting that the Dust Bowl was most …

be economically viable. These farms were prime contributors to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The path dependence resulting …

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Food on table, FSA camp -- High Plains -- Sanora Babb with Dust Bowl … -- Picket sign -- Memorial service, Pixley strike victims -- Peaches, Calpak orchard, Visalia -- Loshope family -- Dust Bowl … -- Slim Quinteros, labor organizer -- CIO camp, Mexican migrant worker with child -- CIO camp, Mexican migrant workers -- Dust …