Johnson, Rucker C.
Researchers: Rucker C. Johnson
University Affiliation: University of California - Berkeley
Email: ruckerj@berkeley.edu
Research Question:
What are the long-run impacts of court-ordered school desegregation plans on adult attainments?
Published: 0
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: NBER -National Bureau of Economics
Journal Entry: Unpublished institutional report (e.g., NBER, HCRP, Brookings)
Year: 2011
Findings:
- For education attainment: each additional year of exposure to court-ordered desegregation leads to a 1.3 percentage point increase in likelihood of graduation from high school for blacks. Each additional year of exposure to court-ordered desegregation leads to a 0.08 increase in years of education for blacks. There are no significant effects for whites.
- Men’s Labor Market Outcomes & Adult Family Income and Poverty Status: an additional year of exposure to court-ordered desegregation significantly increases black men’s annual earnings by roughly 5 percent, which is a combination of a 2.9 percent significant increase in wages and an annual increase in work hours of 39 hours. Among black men and women, an additional year of exposure increases the family income-to-needs ratio by about 0.1 and reduces the annual incidence of poverty in adulthood by 1.6-1.9 percentage points.
- Probability of Incarceration: for black students, relative to growing up in segregated schools, exposure to desegregation beginning in elementary school leads to a 22.5 percentage point reduction in the probability of deviant behavior , a 14.7 percentage point reduction in the probability of incarceration by age 30 and 3.8 percentage point decline in the annual incidence of incarceration during ages 20-34.
- Adult Health Status: an additional year of exposure to court-ordered desegregation increases adult health status index for blacks between 0.3-0.6 points.