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The unique empirical setting allows for estimating the impact for an extensive range of ages. I find consistently large returns even for older recipients. In the third paper, motivated by the literature in the intersection of economics and political science, I investigate if black mayor’s breakthrough elections might have contributed to the phenomenon of White flight from US cities. 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