Quantifying racial discrimination in the 1944 G.I. Bill

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Eden, Maya, author

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Did the G.I. bill discriminate against Black World War II veterans? Using a variety of historical sources, I estimate similar average amounts of G.I. benefits received by Black and white World War ...

Did the G.I. bill discriminate against Black World War II veterans? Using a variety of historical sources, I estimate similar average amounts of G.I. benefits received by Black and white World War II veterans. However, there were disparate welfare implications, as white veterans' real cash-equivalents of the benefits were, on average, about two-thirds of the government's expenditure, while the average real cash-equivalent among Black veterans was only a quarter of the government's expenditure.

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