
Episode 36: Ellora Derenoncourt on the Great Migration and economic mobility
09/15/20 • 57 min
Ellora Derenoncourt talks about how the Great Migration affected economic mobility.
"Can you move to opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration" by Ellora Derenoncourt.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:- "Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective" by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter.
- "The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren.
- "The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren.
- "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Was Postwar Suburbanization 'White Flight'? Evidence from the Black Migration" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from US Mass Migration" by Bryan A. Stuart and Evan J. Taylor.
- "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration" by Isabel Wilkerson.
- "Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice" by Peter Bergman, Raj Chetty, Stefanie DeLuca, Nathaniel Hendren, Lawrence F. Katz, and Christopher Palmer.
- "Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works" by Rucker C. Johnson.
- "The Long-run Economic Effects of School Desegregation" by Cody Tuttle.
Ellora Derenoncourt talks about how the Great Migration affected economic mobility.
"Can you move to opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration" by Ellora Derenoncourt.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:- "Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective" by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter.
- "The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren.
- "The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren.
- "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Was Postwar Suburbanization 'White Flight'? Evidence from the Black Migration" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" by Leah Platt Boustan.
- "Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from US Mass Migration" by Bryan A. Stuart and Evan J. Taylor.
- "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration" by Isabel Wilkerson.
- "Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice" by Peter Bergman, Raj Chetty, Stefanie DeLuca, Nathaniel Hendren, Lawrence F. Katz, and Christopher Palmer.
- "Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works" by Rucker C. Johnson.
- "The Long-run Economic Effects of School Desegregation" by Cody Tuttle.
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Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime
Erich Muehlegger talks about the effect of air pollution on crime.
"Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Microgeographic Evidence from Chicago" by Evan Herrnstadt, Anthony Heyes, Erich Muehlegger, and Soodeh Saberian.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:- “Crime Is in the Air: The Contemporaneous Relationship between Air Pollution and Crime” by Malvina Bondy, Sefi Roth, and Lutz Sager.
- “The effect of pollution on crime: Evidence from data on particulate matter and ozone” by Jesse Burkhardt, Jude Bayham, Ander Wilson, Ellison Carter, Jesse D. Berman, Katelyn O’Dell, Bonne Ford, Emily V. Fischer, and Jeffrey R. Pierce.
- “The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction” by Tatyana Deryugina, Garth Heutel, Nolan H. Miller, David Molitor, and Julian Reif.
- “Airports, Air Pollution, and Contemporaneous Health” by Wolfram Schlenker and W. Reed Walker.
- “Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass” by Janet Currie and Reed Walker.
- “As the Wind Blows: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution on Mortality” by Michael L. Anderson.
- “Air pollution and children's respiratory health: A cohort analysis” by Timothy K.M. Beatty and Jay P. Shimshack.
- “Air Quality and Error Quantity: Pollution and Performance in a High-Skilled, Quality-Focused Occupation” by James Archsmith, Anthony Heyes, and Soodeh Saberian.
- “The Long-Run Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations: Evidence from Transitory Variation in Pollution” by Avraham Ebenstein, Victor Lavy, and Sefi Roth.
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Episode 37: Jamein Cunningham on legal services for the poor
Jamein Cunningham talks about the effects of providing legal services to the poor.
"Changes in Family Structure and Welfare Participation Since the 1960s: The Role of Legal Services" by Andrew Goodman-Bacon and Jamein P. Cunningham.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:- “Justice and Reform: The Formative Years of the OEO Legal Services Program” by Earl Johnson.
- “To Establish Justice for All: The Past and Future of Civil Legal Aid in the United States” by Earl Johnson.
- “Making Noncitizen Rights Real: Where Are Noncitizens Coming Forward to Denounce Legal Services Fraud?” by JM Pedroza.
- “An Evaluation of the Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence from Crime Rates and Property Values” by Jamein P. Cunningham.
- “The Effects of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program on Riots and Wealth of African Americans” by Jamein P. Cunningham and Rob Gillezeau.
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