中文摘要
本文估计了联邦重新安置计划对迁移与生育的效应,该计划承诺提供财政援助与职业培训,试图将美洲原住民迁往城市地区。我发现重新安置计划使目标城市的美洲原住民人口增加了10万人以上。我还发现,居住在城市中的第二、三代美洲原住民女性的生育率比居住在历史上美洲原住民人口较多地区的女性低50%。这些发现表明,该计划实质性改变了美洲原住民人口的空间分布。
Abstract
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.