Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

被引：230

作者：

Abramitzky, Ran ^{[1
]}

Boustan, Leah Platt ^{[2
]}

Eriksson, Katherine ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Econ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2012年 / 102卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEXICO; EMIGRATION; SAMPLE; WAGES;

D O I：

10.1257/aer.102.5.1832

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学];

摘要：

During the age of mass migration (1850-1913), one of the largest migration episodes in history, the United States maintained a nearly open border, allowing the study of migrant decisions unhindered by entry restrictions. We estimate the return to migration while accounting for migrant selection by comparing Norway-to-US migrants with their brothers who stayed in Norway in the late nineteenth century. We also compare fathers of migrants and nonmigrants by wealth and occupation. We find that the return to migration was relatively low (70 percent) and that migrants from urban areas were negatively selected from the sending population. (JEL J11, J61, N31, N33)

引用

页码：1832 / 1856

页数：25

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