Do Black Politicians Matter?

Trevon Logan
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This paper exploits the history of Reconstruction after the American Civil War to estimate the causal effect of politician race on public finance. I overcome the endogeneity between electoral preferences and black representation using the number of free blacks in the antebellum era (1860) as an instrument for black political leaders during Reconstruction. IV estimates show that an additional black official increased per capita county tax revenue by $0.20, more than an hour's wage at the time. The effect was not persistent, however, disappearing entirely at Reconstruction's end. Consistent with the stated policy objectives of black officials, I find positive effects of black politicians on land tenancy and show that exposure to black politicians decreased the black-white literacy gap by more than 7%. These results suggest that politician race has large effects on public finance and individual outcomes over and above electoral preferences for redistribution.
黑人政治家重要吗?
本文利用美国南北战争后重建的历史来估计政治家种族对公共财政的因果影响。我利用内战前(1860年)自由黑人的数量作为重建时期黑人政治领袖的工具,克服了选举偏好和黑人代表之间的内生性。IV估计显示,每增加一名黑人官员,县人均税收收入就会增加0.20美元,比当时一个小时的工资还多。然而,这种影响并不持久,在重建结束时完全消失了。与黑人官员声明的政策目标一致,我发现黑人政治家对土地租赁的积极影响,并表明接触黑人政治家将黑人与白人的识字率差距降低了7%以上。这些结果表明,政治家种族对公共财政和个人结果的影响大于选举偏好的再分配。
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