The Great Migration in Black and White: New Evidence on the Selection and Sorting of Southern Migrants
利用关联的人口普查记录，研究20世纪初美国大迁徙初期南方移民的选择与目的地选择，发现黑人和白人移民的选择程度较小且广泛，种族差异主要源于对距离、制造业和劳动力需求的不同反应。
We construct datasets of linked census records to study internal migrants' selection and destination choices during the first decades of the "Great Migration" . We study both whites and blacks and intra-and inter-regional migration. While there is some evidence of positive selection, the degree of selection was small and participation in migration was widespread. Differences in background, including initial location, cannot account for racial differences in destination choices. Blacks and whites were similarly responsive to pre-existing migrant stocks from their home state, but black men were more deterred by distance, attracted to manufacturing, and responsive to labor demand.