Bruce Sacerdote
Slavery and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Dartmouth Hospital|Dartmouth College
much sins visited upon one generation harm generations future sons daughters grandsons granddaughters study question comparing outcomes former slaves children grandchildren outcomes free blacks pre1865 children grandchildren outcome measures include literacy whether child attends school months spent school years schooling two measures adult occupation using variety different comparisons example within versus across regions find took roughly two generations descendants slaves catch descendants free black men women outcomes observe words 1920 remaining legacy slavery blacks affected equally actual descendants slaves evidence convergence facilitated intermarriage among slave free families finding convergence consistent modern estimates interpretations fatherson correlations income socioeconomic status data used 1880 1900 1920 1940 1 ipums samples 100 sample 1880 census