Long-run Impacts of Agricultural Shocks on Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Boll Weevil (Data)
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Richard B. Baker, The College of New Jersey; John Blanchette, University of California, Davis; Katherine Eriksson, University of California, Davis
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Project Citation:
Baker, Richard B., Blanchette, John, and Eriksson, Katherine. Long-run Impacts of Agricultural Shocks on Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Boll Weevil (Data). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/E115906V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This is the replication package for "Long-run Impacts of Agricultural Shocks on Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Boll Weevil."
Abstract:
The boll weevil spread across the South from 1892 to 1922 with devastating effect on cotton cultivation. The resulting shift away from this child labor--intensive crop lowered the opportunity cost of school attendance. We investigate the insect's long-run effect on educational attainment using a sample of adults from the 1940 census linked back to their childhood census records. Both white and black children who were young (ages 4 to 9) when the weevil arrived saw increased educational attainment by 0.24 to 0.36 years. Our results demonstrate the potential for conflict between child labor in agriculture and educational attainment.
Abstract:
The boll weevil spread across the South from 1892 to 1922 with devastating effect on cotton cultivation. The resulting shift away from this child labor--intensive crop lowered the opportunity cost of school attendance. We investigate the insect's long-run effect on educational attainment using a sample of adults from the 1940 census linked back to their childhood census records. Both white and black children who were young (ages 4 to 9) when the weevil arrived saw increased educational attainment by 0.24 to 0.36 years. Our results demonstrate the potential for conflict between child labor in agriculture and educational attainment.
Scope of Project
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education;
boll weevil
Geographic Coverage:
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Southeastern United States
Time Period(s):
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1900 – 1940 (1900 to 1940)
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