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Education and Incarceration in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools

Education and Incarceration in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools <p>ABSTRACT:</p><p>This paper examines the effect of childhood access to primary schooling on adult black incarceration in the early 20th century. I construct a linked census data set of incarcerated and nonincarcerated men to observe access to schooling in childhood. I find that full exposure to one of the new primary schools built as part of the Rosenwald program reduces the probability of incarceration by 1.9 percentage points. I argue that the reduction in incarceration comes from increased opportunity costs of crime through higher educational attainment. These results contribute to a broader literature on racial gaps in social outcomes in the United States.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Human Resources University of Wisconsin Press

Education and Incarceration in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools

Journal of Human Resources , Volume 55 (1) – Feb 8, 2020

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University of Wisconsin Press
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Abstract

<p>ABSTRACT:</p><p>This paper examines the effect of childhood access to primary schooling on adult black incarceration in the early 20th century. I construct a linked census data set of incarcerated and nonincarcerated men to observe access to schooling in childhood. I find that full exposure to one of the new primary schools built as part of the Rosenwald program reduces the probability of incarceration by 1.9 percentage points. I argue that the reduction in incarceration comes from increased opportunity costs of crime through higher educational attainment. These results contribute to a broader literature on racial gaps in social outcomes in the United States.</p>

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Journal of Human ResourcesUniversity of Wisconsin Press

Published: Feb 8, 2020

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