Between 1915 and 1970, millions of black and white southerners migrated north in search of better lives for themselves and their children. Using novel, longitudinally linked 1940 and 2000 census data, we investigate whether this mass migration corresponded to improved neighborhood attainment outcomes for the black and white children of Great Migration migrants in their adulthood. We find that black and white second-generation migrants tend to live in more socioeconomically advantaged and whiter neighborhoods than southern stayers, although these advantages are partially explained by the characteristics of second-generation migrants and their parents. Moreover, black second-generation migrants in the North are more successful at converting higher socioeconomic status into improved neighborhood outcomes relative to those who stayed in the South. Our findings provide powerful evidence that leaving the South resulted in residential advantages for the children of Great Migration participants.

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大迁徙儿童​​的邻里成就结果

1915 年至 1970 年间，数百万南方黑人和白人向北迁移，为他们自己和他们的孩子寻找更好的生活。使用新颖的、纵向关联的 1940 年和 2000 年人口普查数据，我们调查了这种大规模迁移是否与大迁徙移民的黑人和白人儿童成年后获得社区成就的改善相对应。我们发现，与南方移民相比，黑人和白人第二代移民往往生活在社会经济优势和白人社区中，尽管这些优势部分是由第二代移民及其父母的特征来解释的。此外，与留在南方的黑人相比，北方的黑人第二代移民在将较高的社会经济地位转化为改善的邻里结果方面更为成功。