Table 1:
Key Correlates of Social Connectedness
| Dependent variable: Log HHI, Southern black migrants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Log number Southern black migrants | −0.412 (0.020) | −0.456 (0.031) | −0.452 (0.033) |
| Log population, 1940 | −0.150 (0.094) | −0.154 (0.095) | |
| Percent black, 1940 | 0.577 (1.067) | −0.051 (1.445) | |
| Log manufacturing employment, 1940 | 0.255 (0.065) | 0.249 (0.069) | |
| Log mean murder rate, 1936–1939 | 0.051 (0.064) | ||
| State fixed effects | x | x | x |
| N (cities) | 195 | 195 | 195 |
| R2 | 0.731 | 0.751 | 0.752 |
Notes: Sample contains cities in the North, Midwest, and West Census regions with at least 25,000 residents from 1940 to 2000 for which the mean murder rate from 1936–1939 is available. Log HHI and log number of migrants are measured between 1976 and 2001. Heteroskedastic-robust standard errors in parentheses. Sources: Duke SSA/Medicare data, Haines and ICPSR (2010), United States Bureau of the Census (2008), United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2005)