Re-righting the law: The impact of VRA preclearance on language minorities

IF 1.5 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Politics Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI:10.1111/ecpo.12324

James M. Harrison, Aaron M. Gamino

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Abstract

The 1975 Voting Rights Act (VRA) extended voting rights protections to language minority groups. Employing a triple difference design, we find that language minority voter turnout remained stable in VRA-shielded counties while it eroded elsewhere. This led to a reallocation of state educational funds away from unshielded counties. As a result, shielded counties experienced preferable changes in their high school graduation rates, white-collar job attainment, and income. We find most of these differences were driven by the VRA's preclearance provision.

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Economics & Politics Multiple-

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