Did the Great Depression Affect Educational Attainment in the US?
Did the Great Depression Affect Educational Attainment in the US?
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大萧条影响了美国的教育程度吗？
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2008
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Khalid M. Kisswani
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作者：
Khalid M. Kisswani
大萧条是宏观经济危机的一个例子，它对生活的各个领域产生了不利的经济和社会影响。关于大萧条对教育的真实的影响的理论争论各不相同。首先是经济困难，这可能会迫使有资格上学的人去工作。其次，高失业率将使上学成为最好的其他可行选择。根据这些理论概念，本文探讨了1930-1940年期间大萧条对教育、种族（白人和黑人）和性别（男性和女性）的影响。此外，我测试国家就业指数对教育的影响。结果（使用1960年人口普查数据）显示，一些证据表明，1911年至1915年出生的白人的教育受到影响。然而，没有证据表明，州就业指数的变化影响了平均（平均）上学的决定。
Great Depression is an example of a macroeconomic crisis that produced adverse economic and social effects in all spheres of life. Theoretical arguments about the real effects of the Great Depression on education vary. First is economic hardships, which might force individuals eligible to go to school to work instead. Second is that high unemployment would make going to school the best other viable alternative. Following these theoretical notions, this paper explores the impact of the Great Depression on education, on race (whites and blacks) and gender (males and females), during the period 1930-1940. Furthermore, I test the effects of state employment indices on education. The results (using 1960 census data) show some evidence that education of whites born between 1911 and 1915 was affected. However, there is no evidence that the variation in state employment indices affected the decision of schooling on the average (mean).