ECO 115 - Exam 2

Childhood exposure to Rosenwald schools reduced probability of incarceration by ____ p. p.

1.9

Childhood exposure to Rosenwald schools increased school attendance by about ____ p. p.

5

Children (ages 10-15) made up ____% of the agricultural labor force in the South (1910).

17

Total cotton production fell by about ___% within 5 years of intial contact with the boll weevil.

50

Boll weevil accounts for ___% of convergence in enrollment between 1914 and 1929.

30

The boll weevil decreased the racial education gap by ___%

4-5

Counties with an infection rate of 50% in 1910 saw an increase in school enrollment by ___ p. p.

3-5

Decrease in hookworm infection across infected areas of the South by ___ p. p.

30

About ___% of the income gap between the North and South can be attributed to hookworm infection the South.

22

Dust Bowl migrants experienced occupational changes that translated to a ___% increase in average earnings.

3.3

Inter-county migration rate in Dust Bowl counties was ___ times that of inter-county migration rate in the US overall.

1.8

Dust Bowl migrants: ___% inter-county migration rate

51.6

Dust Bowl migrants: ___% out-migration rate

45.6

Added worker effect: ___ p. p. increase in women working in the absence of work relief program.

7.7

Without the PEW, there would have been ___ more women in the labor force.

153,000

At least ___% of men born in between 1918 and 1927 served in WWII.

70

Between 1940 and 1945, ___ million served (almost 25% of male US population).

16

Over ___ million WWII vets took advantage of the GI Bill to attend college.

2.2

WWII vets were ___ p. p. more likely to complete high school.

20

WWII vets were ___ p. p. more likely to complete college.

6

Upper bound: WWII vets attended 0.52 more years of college and ___ p. p. increase in likelihood of college completion.

10

Lower bound: WWII vets attended 0.15 more years of college and ___ p. p. increase in likelihood of college completion.

4

There was a ___% decrease in medical care utilization relative to the pre-disclosure mean value for Black men.

22

Disclosure of TSUS accounted for ___% of 1980 life expectancy gap between Black and white men.

35

Disclosure of TSUS accounted for ___% of 1980 life expectancy gap between Black and white women.

25

In Phase I, ___ p. p. increase for married women 35-44 years old.

7.3

In Phase II, ___ p. p. increase for married women 35-44 years old.

15.5

In Phase III, ___ p. p. increase for married women 35-44 years old.

21