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We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We … with the hypothesis that immigration left its footprint on American ideology via cultural transmission from immigrants to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226388
We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We … with the hypothesis that immigration left its footprint on American ideology via cultural transmission from immigrants to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269946
We study the long run effects of immigration on U.S. political ideology. We establish a new result: historical European … immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We …-group contact was more frequent, and are not due to transmission within ancestry groups. Immigration left its footprint on American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244207
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the US South to Northern urban centers, which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518129
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the US South to Northern urban centers, which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597517
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern urban centers, which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013340
In this paper, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring economic prosperity …. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced by World War I and the … Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants' location decision relying on pre-existing settlement patterns. I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897663
In this paper, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring economic prosperity …. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced by World War I and the … Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants' location decision relying on pre-existing settlement patterns. I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897665
In this paper, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and study the causes of … anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced … by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants' location decision relying on pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897666
In this paper, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and study the causes of … anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced … by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants’ location decision relying on pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033527