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2006 - Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation and the Income of African Americans

Attribution: Ashenfelter, Orley, Collins, William, & Yoon, Albert
Researchers: Albert YoonOrley AshenfelterWilliam Collins
University Affiliation: Princeton University, Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University
Email: c6789@princeton.edu; william.collins@vanderbitt.edu
Research Question:
Discuss a framework for evaluating the effect of Brown on the welfare of African Americans in the labor market.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: American Law and Economics Review
Journal Entry: Vol 8, No. 2, pp. 213-248
Year: 2006
Findings:
  • It appears that the diversion of resources from Black schools prior to the Brown ruling had long-run effects on the labor market and educational outcomes of Black workers, both directly and through intergenerational channels.
  • School desegregation had an economically significant, positive effect on Blacks’ income and high school completion rates.
  • Brown may have spurred the Civil Rights Movement and contributed to policy changes that stretched far beyond school segregation.
Keywords: Academic AchievementBrown vs Board of EducationDesegregationFundingHigh SchoolLabor MarketLong Term OutcomesOutcomesRegions: SouthMethodologies: QuantitativeResearch Designs: SurveyAnalysis Methods: Linear Regression Models Sampling Frame:Local
Sampling Types: NonrandomAnalysis Units: IndividualData Types: Quantitative-Panel Data
Data Description:
  • 1990 annual income of southern-born blacks who finished their secondary schooling just before desegregation with those who would have finished their schooling just after desegregation.
  • Used the 1990 IPUMS for this data.
  • Grouped the men into five year of birth cohorts: 1941-44, 1945-48, 1949-52, 1953-56, 1957-60
  • NSBA–> National Survey of Black Americans
  • DV: Income
  • IV: State of residence, birth-cohort dummy, southern birth, cohort-by-region effects.
Theoretical Framework:
Relevance:
Archives: K-12 Integration, Desegregation, and Segregation Abstracts
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