Reconstruction-Era Education and Long-Run Black-White Inequality
研究美国重建时期（约1866-1877年）黑人儿童接受教育机会对其成年后职业地位的影响，发现教育机会改善了黑人及其儿子的职业状况，若持续将缩小黑白差距。
The Reconstruction era of American history (c. 1866–1877) saw widespread efforts to educate recently freed people—efforts that were partially curtailed after Reconstruction. This paper examines the impact of childhood exposure to educational opportunity during Reconstruction on later-life outcomes for recently freed people. Using data on the number of teachers in Black schools and a linked census sample, we find that Black children exposed to greater educational opportunity during Reconstruction had improved occupational standing as adults. Their sons also experienced gains, suggesting that Reconstruction-era educational efforts, had they persisted, would have impacted Black-White gaps into the twentieth century.