origin affected economic development across US counties. It uses micro-data from the 1880 and 1910 censuses in order to … determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development … origin of migrants does not make a difference for the current levels of economic development of US counties. …

origin affected economic development across US counties. It uses micro-data from the 1880 and 1910 censuses in order to … determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development … origin of migrants does not make a difference for the current levels of economic development of US counties. …

settlement patterns of European migrants according to national origin affected economic development across US counties. It uses … different national origins across the more than 3,000 US counties. We look at the national origin of migrants living in any … given US county and at their percentage in the local population of the county at the turn of the 19th century so as to …

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … migrants to current levels of local development – proxied by GDP per capita at county level in 2005 – while controlling for a …