Table 16 The effects of South-North migration on wages
From: Immigration and wages: new evidence from the African American Great Migration
1940–1960 | 1940–1970 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 shares | 1950 shares | 1940 shares | 1950 shares | ||||||
OLS | IV | OLS | IV | OLS | IV | OLS | IV | ||
White | Overall | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Black | Overall | −0.14 | −0.13 | −0.22 | −0.20 | −0.09 | −0.11 | −0.19 | −0.24 |
White | Less than 5th grade | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
5th–8th grade | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
Some high school | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
High school degree | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | |
Greater than high school | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.01 | |
Black | Less than 5th grade | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
5th–8th grade | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.02 | −0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
Some high school | −0.33 | −0.30 | −0.40 | −0.36 | −0.22 | −0.27 | −0.30 | −0.37 | |
High school degree | −0.43 | −0.39 | −0.53 | −0.49 | −0.46 | −0.57 | −0.67 | −0.82 | |
Greater than high school | −0.31 | −0.28 | −0.28 | −0.25 | −0.39 | −0.48 | −0.36 | −0.44 | |