Data di Pubblicazione:
2011
Citazione:
Bertocchi, G. e A., Dimico. "Race v. Suffrage. The determinants of development in Mississippi" Working paper, RECENT WORKING PAPER SERIES, Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi – Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2011.
Abstract:
We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set
composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration
at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on
education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the 1950s. Finally, we turn to
the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960-
2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education
policies, is the main force driving the above outcomes.
composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration
at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on
education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the 1950s. Finally, we turn to
the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960-
2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education
policies, is the main force driving the above outcomes.
Tipologia CRIS:
Working paper
Keywords:
Race, institutions, development, inequality, education.
Elenco autori:
Bertocchi, G.; Dimico, A.
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