School of Economics

 Invites you to a

Microeconometrics & Public Policy seminar presented by

Federico Masera

(University of New South Wales)

The Long Civil War:
Battle Exposure and Anti-Black Racism in the US South

Co-authors:

Michele Rosenberg (University of Essex)

Sarah Walker (University of New South Wales)

Friday 6 October 2023

12.00pm – 1.00pm

Seminar Room 650
A02 Social Sciences Building

Camperdown Campus
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

This paper studies the effect of the US Civil War on Southern cultural identity and its implication for racial discrimination and anti-Black violence. We focus on soldiers’ battle exposure and investigate the political and cultural consequences on local communities. For this purpose, we construct a new dataset on the universe of soldiers enlisted in the Confederate army and their war experience. Exploiting within-state variation, we show that cities with a larger share of soldiers exposed to bloody battles have greater support for racially conservative parties, discriminatory laws, and more violence against Black Americans. The effects start immediately after the Civil War and persist until today.

For further information contact: Microeconometrics & Public Policy Seminar Coordinator
Dr Gregor Pfeifer & Dr Rebecca McKibbin

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