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Sequential Sales As a Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves
Pritchett, Jonathan; Smith, Mallorie - Department of Economics, Tulane University - 2011
We propose an alternative test for adverse selection using notarial records for slaves sold in New Orleans in 1830. The experiment is simple and mimics the used car example originally proposed by Akerlof (1970). When first sold in New Orleans, buyers of imported slaves were uninformed of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914302
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The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making
Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020
This paper documents the persistence of the Southern slave owning elite in political power after the end of the American Civil War. We draw on a database of Texan state legislators between 1860 and 1900 and link them to their or their ancestors' slaveholdings in 1860. We then show that former...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267664
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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860
Pritchett, Jonathan; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2008
Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277319
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The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-Making
Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020
This paper documents the persistence of the Southern slave owning elite in political power after the end of the American Civil War. We draw on a database of Texan state legislators between 1860 and 1900 and link them to their or their ancestors' slaveholdings in 1860. We then show that former...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270289
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From plantations to prisons: The race gap in incarceration after the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Rubio, Melissa - 2022
This paper documents the emergence of a race gap in incarceration after the abolition of slavery in the U.S. Counties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480173
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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial … gap. The excludability of slavery is preliminarily established by instrumenting it with the share of disembarked slaves … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282571
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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011
determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial … gap. The excludability of slavery is preliminarily established by instrumenting it with the share of disembarked slaves … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. -- race ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523520
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Slavery, Amenities, and Factor Price Equalization : A Note on Migration and Freedom
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
The paper examines the role of self-ownership versus other ownership of labor with implications for the interpretation of the historical evidence regarding timing of black migration from the South to the North after emancipation
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138067
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial … gap. The excludability of slavery is preliminarily established by instrumenting it with the share of disembarked slaves … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117197
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Inclusive American Economic History : Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow Laws, and the Great Migration
Logan, Trevon - 2020
inferiority held by a changing white majority as the economy expanded dramatically. Slavery was outlawed after the Civil War, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841832