This dataset supports a study comparing migration from more-eroded and less-eroded counties during the 1930s American Dust Bowl. It examines the economic and educational outcomes of migrants, including their years of education and wage incomes in 1939.
Use Cases
- Analyze the 'negatively selected' educational attainment of Dust Bowl migrants compared to other migrants using years of education data.
- Compare wage incomes in 1939 between Dust Bowl migrants and native populations in destination areas.
- Distinguish migration patterns and outcomes from more-eroded versus less-eroded counties to study environmental refugee selection.
Strengths
- Dataset is a replication package for a peer-reviewed academic study on a significant historical event.
- Analysis distinguishes between migrants from more-eroded and less-eroded counties, a key methodological feature.
Limitations
- The dataset's specific structure, including row count, column names, and file formats, is unknown.
- Data is historical and focused on a specific event, limiting generalizability to other contexts.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Replication package for academic research.
- Time Range
- 1930s, with specific analysis of 1939 wage incomes.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United States, focusing on counties affected by the Dust Bowl.