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  1. Excited to share a new WP with Ran Abramitzky, @JacobCConway, and Roy Mill about differences in economic outcomes by perceived skin tone among African Americans using census data from 1870–1940 [Short slideshow👇 and short thread below that] @nberpubs WP nber.org/papers/w31016
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      We rely on data from historical census enumerators’ perception of children’s “evident” or “perceptible” race (which may of course have differed from individuals’ self-conception), and consider differences in access to resources/opportunities as well as economic outcome gaps. 2/
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        Focusing in particular on siblings whom enumerators’ classified differently, and linking to censuses 20–30 years later, we find very different patterns for brothers’ and sisters’ outcomes. 3/
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          Large 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 outcome gaps are consistent with big differences in access to opportunity/resources across families (presumably driven by generations’ of discrimination). … 4/
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            But 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴’ outcomes—differences in education, literacy, marriage rates, and spouses’ education and income—suggest girls and women also faced particular forms of strong, gendered, contemporaneous discrimination. 5/
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              Of course, the nuance of the work doesn’t possibly all come through in a tweet thread (or even a 90-minute seminar 😉 despite braggy QT below) Here’s that WP link again: nber.org/papers/w31016 6/ @vshivramv/1634589617889460227
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                Addenda: •We only get one “pinned” tweet, so here’s👇 a thread on my earlier work on the Freedman’s Savings Bank • NBER is gated for some; here’s an alt paper link lukeste.in/skin • Slideshow audio is from “Black, Brown and White (Get Back)” by Big Bill Broonzy 7/ @lukestein/1227078255431151617
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