Data and Code for: Exploring the Long-Run Impacts of Racial Terror with Data on Historical Lynchings of Mexicans in Texas

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Brian Duncan, University of Colorado-Denver; Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Project Citation:

Duncan, Brian, and Antman, Francisca M. Data and Code for: Exploring the Long-Run Impacts of Racial Terror with Data on Historical Lynchings of Mexicans in Texas. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E201627V1

Project Description

Summary: We merge the longitudinally linked historical U.S. Census records with data on lynchings of Hispanics in Texas to investigate the impacts of historical lynchings of ethnic Mexicans in Texas on U.S.-born Mexicans Americans. Using variation in lynching incidents across counties over time, we explore the impacts of local exposure to lynchings during childhood on long-run outcomes such as earnings, education, and home ownership of adults in 1940. Our findings are suggestive of small, negative impacts, but we caution that more research in this area is needed for a more robust interpretation of the results.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Lynchings; Race; Texas

JEL Classification:
      I24 Education and Inequality
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
      N92 Regional and Urban History: U.S.; Canada: 1913-

Geographic Coverage: Texas

Time Period(s): 1881 – 1940

Collection Date(s): 10/31/2023 – 10/31/2023 (Extracted from IPUMS-USA)

Universe: Individuals aged 18 through 59 in the 1940 full count Census who were first observed (in the 1930 Census or earlier) residing in a Texas county.

Data Type(s): census/enumeration data; event/transaction data

Collection Notes: Data was obtained from ipums.org and https://www.lynchingintexas.org

Methodology

Data Source:

1880-1940 100% Census microdata from IPUMS USA.

Lynching in Texas project of Sam Houston State University (2023).

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual

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