Graziella Bertocchi|Arcangelo Dimico
Slavery, education, and inequality
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia|Queen's University Belfast
investigate effect slavery current level income inequality across us counties find larger proportion slaves population 1860 persistently increases inequality particular inequality across races also show crucial channel transmission slavery racial inequality human capital accumulation ie current inequality primarily influenced slavery unequal educational attainment blacks whites finally provide suggestive evidence underlying links run political exclusion former slaves resulting negative influence local provision education