Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Internal Migration and the Diffusion of Schooling in the US

经济学博士论文研究：内部移民与美国学校教育的扩散

• 批准号: 2049699
• 负责人: Petra Moser
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-15 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2049699&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Economics; Internal

AbstractBy the late 19th century, the United States achieved very strong school enrollment rates. This project examines the role of internal migration in the spread of education, using novel historical data that covers many aspects of American economic and social life before and after the Civil War. The information recorded in the dataset includes the value of the taxed property and the amounts of tax revenue raised the number of public and private schools, teachers, and pupils in those schools; their finances by revenue source; the number of libraries and newspapers printed; and the prevailing wages paid to different kinds of labor. Utilizing this data, the project considers potential mechanisms to understand how internal migration affected local schooling choices. The project explores how migration from more educated states affect school enrollment rates for the local population. The project builds on the notion that inequality in school enrollments can be explained by the origins of migrants who chose to live in a given county. Accordingly, internal migration was an important channel in the spread of schools in the US. Using detailed historical data, the project examines specific channels through which migrants from more educated states improved the schooling outcomes of the locals. The project particularly focuses on the funding of schools through property taxes to consider that migrants from states with functioning public systems can be instrumental for more public funding for schools in their destinations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

摘要到19世纪末，美国的入学率非常高。本项目使用涵盖南北战争前后美国经济和社会生活许多方面的新颖历史数据，研究了国内移民在教育传播中的作用。数据集中记录的信息包括征税财产的价值以及公立和私立学校、教师和这些学校的学生数量增加的税收数额；按收入来源划分的财政状况；图书馆和报纸的印刷数量；以及支付给不同种类劳动力的普遍工资。利用这些数据，该项目考虑了潜在的机制，以了解国内移民如何影响当地的学校选择。该项目探讨了来自受教育程度较高的州的移民如何影响当地人口的入学率。该项目建立在这样一个概念之上，即入学率的不平等可以用选择居住在特定县的移民的出身来解释。因此，国内移民是美国学校传播的重要渠道。利用详细的历史数据，该项目考察了来自受教育程度较高的州的移民改善当地教育成果的具体渠道。该项目特别关注通过财产税为学校提供资金，考虑到来自公共系统运转良好的州的移民可以为其目的地的学校提供更多的公共资金。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。