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The Peculiar Immobility: Regional Affinity and the Postbellum Black Migrant


Philip E. Graves


University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics

Robert L. Sexton


Pepperdine University - Economics Department

Richard K. Vedder


Ohio University - Department of Economics
January 26, 2012


Abstract:     
Why did newly freed slaves and their descendants wait a half a century before migrating in large numbers to the superior economic opportunities in the North? Census lifetime migration data on both movers and stayers are examined intertemporally for both whites and blacks. Regression analysis reveals that before 1920 Southern blacks had a very strong affinity for the "Southern way of life."

Number of Pages in PDF File: 15

Keywords: black migration, migration, amenities, wage convergence, amenities

JEL Classification: J01, J15, J2, J31, J61, N31, N32, N91, N92, R11, R23

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Date posted: January 30, 2012  

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Graves, Philip E., Sexton, Robert L. and Vedder, Richard K., The Peculiar Immobility: Regional Affinity and the Postbellum Black Migrant (January 26, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1992699 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1992699

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Philip E. Graves (Contact Author)
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics ( email )
Campus Box 256
Boulder, CO 80309-0256
United States
Robert L. Sexton
Pepperdine University - Economics Department ( email )
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
United States
Richard K. Vedder
Ohio University - Department of Economics ( email )
Athens, OH 45701-2979
United States
740-593-0142 (Phone)
740-593-0097 (Fax)
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