Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kopriva, Mary

Titel

Impacts of the Relocation Program on Native American Migration and Fertility

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of economic history, 2024-03, Vol.84 (1), p.74-110

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper estimates the migratory and fertility effects of the federal Relocation Program, which attempted to move Native American individuals to urban areas under the promises of financial assistance and job training. I find the Relocation Program increased the Native American population in the target cities by more than 100,000 people. I also find that second- and third-generation Native American women living in cities have a 50 percent lower fertility rate than those living in areas with historically large Native American populations. These findings indicate that this program meaningfully shifted the spatial distribution of the Native American population.