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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w18296
来源ID	Working Paper 18296
	When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South
	Richard Hornbeck; Suresh Naidu
发表日期	2012-08-17
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	In the American South, post-bellum economic stagnation has been partially attributed to white landowners' access to low-wage black labor; indeed, Southern economic convergence from 1940 to 1970 was associated with substantial black out-migration. This paper examines the impact of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 on agricultural development. Flooded counties experienced an immediate and persistent out-migration of black population. Over time, landowners in flooded counties dramatically mechanized and modernized agricultural production relative to landowners in nearby similar non-flooded counties. Landowners resisted black out-migration, however, benefiting from the status quo system of labor-intensive agricultural production.
主题	History ; Labor and Health History ; Other History ; Development and Growth ; Development
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w18296
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575971
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Richard Hornbeck,Suresh Naidu. When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South. 2012.