Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
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DOI：
10.1257/aer.102.5.1832
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
10.7
通讯作者：
Eriksson, Katherine
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作者：
Abramitzky, Ran;Boustan, Leah Platt;Eriksson, Katherine
在历史上最大规模的移民事件之一的大规模移民时代（1850-1913），美国保持了近乎开放的边境，允许对移民决策的研究不受入境限制的阻碍。我们通过将挪威到美国的移民与十九世纪末留在挪威的兄弟进行比较来估计移民的回归，同时考虑移民选择。我们还根据财富和职业对移民和非移民的父亲进行比较。我们发现，流动人口的回归率相对较低（70%），并且来自城市地区的流动人口在迁出人口中受到负面选择。 (JEL J11、J61、N31、N33)
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)