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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282571
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Race v. suffrage: The determinants of development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280698
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Slavery, education, and inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746866
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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487143
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Race v. suffrage : the determinants of development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381967
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Slavery, education, and inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010
, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality …. Moreover, we find that the impact of slavery on current income inequality is determined by racial inequality. We test three … alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278600
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De jure and de facto determinants of power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2012
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287591
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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325443
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395439
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Slavery, Education, and Inequality
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality …. Moreover, we find that the impact of slavery on current income inequality is determined by racial inequality. We test three … alternative channels of transmission between slavery and inequality: a land inequality theory, a racial discrimination theory and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742948