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Cultural Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration

Abramitzky, Ran - 2016

Using two million census records, we document cultural assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration, a formative period in US history. Immigrants chose less foreign names for children as they spent more time in the US, eventually closing half of the gap with natives. Many immigrants also...

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The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States

Borjas, George J. - 2018

This paper examines the evolution of the Mexican-born workforce in the United States using data drawn from the decennial U.S. Census throughout the entire 20th century. It is well known that there has been a rapid rise in Mexican immigration to the United States in recent years. Interestingly,...

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Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the Us Over Two Centuries

Abramitzky, Ran - 2019

Using millions of father-son pairs spanning more than 100 years of US history, we find that children of immigrants from nearly every sending country have higher rates of upward mobility than children of the US-born. Immigrants' advantage is similar historically and today despite dramatic shifts...

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To the New World and Back Again : Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration

Abramitzky, Ran - 2016

We compile large datasets from Norwegian and US historical censuses to study return migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913). Return migrants were somewhat negatively selected from the migrant pool: Norwegian immigrants who returned to Norway held slightly lower-paid occupations...

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Immigration in American Economic History

Abramitzky, Ran - 2016

The United States has long been perceived as a land of opportunity for immigrants. Yet, both in the past and today, US natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to integrate into US society and lower wages for existing workers. This paper reviews the literatures on historical and...

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On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade

Borjas, George J.; Freeman, Richard B.; Katz, Lawrence F. - 2021

In the 1980s, the wages and employment rates of less-skilled Americans fell relative to those of more-skilled workers. This paper examines the contribution of the continuing inflow of less-skilled immigrants and the increasing importance of imports in the U.S. economy to these trends. Our...

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

Abramitzky, Ran - 2010

The Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913) was among the largest migration episodes in history. During this period, the United States maintained open borders. Using a novel dataset of Norway-to-US migrants, we estimate the return to migration while accounting for migrant selection across households...

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The Effects of Immigration on the Economy : Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure

Abramitzky, Ran; Ager, Philipp; Boustan, Leah Platt; … - 2022

In the 1920s, the United States substantially reduced immigrant entry by imposing country-specific quotas. We compare … local labor markets with more or less exposure to the national quotas due to differences in initial immigrant settlement. A … puzzle emerges: the earnings of existing US-born workers declined after the border closure, despite the loss of immigrant …

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Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000

Boustan, Leah Platt - 2010

The income distribution in many developed countries widened dramatically from 1970 to 2000. Scholars speculate that inequality contributes to a host of social ills by weakening the public sector. In contrast, we find that growing income inequality is associated with an expansion in revenues and...

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Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000

Boustan, Leah Platt - 2013

This handbook chapter seeks to document the economic forces that led the US to become an urban nation over its two hundred year history. We show that the urban wage premium in the US was remarkably stable over the past two centuries, ranging between 15 and 40 percent, while the rent premium was...

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