The long-term effect of wartime social networks: evidence from African American Civil War veterans, 1870–1900
战时社会网络的长期影响：来自1870-1900年非洲裔美国内战退伍军人的证据
Boxiao Zhang1
作者信息
- 1. Renmin University of China
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摘要
临时社会网络可能会对经济结果产生长期影响。本文重点关注美国内战（1861-1865）期间形成的非洲裔美国退伍军人的社会网络。我发现战时社交网络（来自同一公司的退伍军人）在内战后持续影响退伍军人的地点选择。通过估计离散选择迁移模型，我表明退伍军人更有可能搬到他们军事战争连的男人居住的县。通过关注异质的军事公司，并使用"薄弱"的社交网络工具，我排除了这种相互竞争的解释，即这种影响是由具有类似地点偏好的退伍军人驱动的。论文还发现了同居的长期好处。如果退伍军人最终与收入较高的战时朋友生活在同一个县，他们在战后获得更高的收入。
Abstract
Abstract Temporary social networks may have long-term impacts on economic outcomes. This paper focuses on social networks formed during the American Civil War (1861–1865) among African American veterans. I find that wartime social networks (veterans from the same company) persistently affected veterans’ location choices in the post-Civil War period. By estimating discrete choice migration models, I show that veterans were more likely to move to a county where men from their military war company lived. By focusing on heterogeneous military companies and using the instrument of “weak” social networks, I rule out the competing explanation that the effect is driven by veterans having similar location preferences. The paper finds long-term benefits of living together as well. Veterans earned higher incomes after the war if they ended up living in the same county with wartime friends who had higher incomes.
Key words
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出版年
2023
NETL
NSTL
Springer Nature