Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299902 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16974
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
historical lynchings
Mexican Americans
Texas
JEL: 
J15
N31
N32
I2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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