Abstract:This article measures the wealth redistribution effected by southern public schools and the taxes which supported them. It extends and contributes to the existing literature on this subject in three ways. First, the measurement is based on a larger sample of southern states and over more years than previous efforts. Second, this article establishes that from 1880 to 1910 throughout the South the public schools were a conduit for a consistent and significant flow of resources from whites to blacks. Blacks did n… Show more
“…Because of the dearth of opportunities in the early nineteenth century, these efforts had a tremendous effect. The educational achievement of African Americans in the 50 years following emancipation was even more substantial than that of European Americans, as their literacy rate rose from 10 % in 1880 to 50 % in 1910, all laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement (Ng 2001).…”
Section: The Importance Of Religion In Our Historymentioning
“…Because of the dearth of opportunities in the early nineteenth century, these efforts had a tremendous effect. The educational achievement of African Americans in the 50 years following emancipation was even more substantial than that of European Americans, as their literacy rate rose from 10 % in 1880 to 50 % in 1910, all laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement (Ng 2001).…”
Section: The Importance Of Religion In Our Historymentioning
“…In the United States, public schools at the primary and secondary level are usually funded by a property tax (Fishlow, 1966;Hoxby, 1998;Ng, 2001;Pritchett, 1989). The property tax is represented in the model by the tax on capital.…”
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