initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. -- race ; inequality … ; education ; slavery ; development …We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …

initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel …We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout … determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial …

, 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 …

, 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 …

unequal. 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 … endogeneity, current inequality is primarily influenced by slavery through the unequal educational attainment of blacks and whites …

Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka . A theme of convergence is central to the narrative. Slaves were … Emancipation, black children continued to face many obstacles in acquiring education. In addition to their relative poverty and …

We investigate the effect of slavery on the current level of income inequality across US counties. We find that a … races. We also show that a crucial channel of transmission from slavery to racial inequality is human capital accumulation …, i.e., current inequality is primarily influenced by slavery through the unequal educational attainment of blacks and …

Income inequality is a critical issue in both political and public debate. Educational attainment is a key causal … factor of continuing inequality, since it influences human capital accumulation and, as a consequence, the unequal … distribution of earnings. Educational inequality displays a racial dimension that is particularly persistent and difficult to …

documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed … thematically, providing empirical evidence and summarizing the key recent studies on colonial institutions, slavery, land reform …

documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed … thematically, providing empirical evidence and summarizing the key recent studies on colonial institutions, slavery, land reform …