Trevon D. Logan
Health, human capital, and African-American migration before 1910
The Ohio State University
using ipums colored troops sample civil war union army data estimate effects literacy health migration propensities african americans 1870 1910 find literacy health shocks strong predictors migration stock health differential selection propensities based slave statusformer slaves less likely migrate given specific health shock free blacks counterfactuals suggest much 35 percent difference mobility patterns former slaves free blacks explained differences human capital 20 percent difference due health alone overall selection effect literacy migration reduced onetenth onethird health controlled low levels human capital accumulation rates mobility african americans civil war partly explained poor health status slaves immediate descendants