In the last decades, many countries have chosen to implement Immigrant Investor Programs (IIPs) to attract foreign capital and boost national economies. IIPs are based on a conditional exchange logic according to which the host country offers residence permits (Residence by Investment — RBI...

We describe a new dataset created from the first 18,000 savings accounts opened (from 1850 to 1858) at the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank in New York City. The bank was founded by Irish Americans and most of its depositors in its first decade of operations were recent Irish immigrants. The...

In the last decades, many countries have chosen to implement Immigrant Investor Programs (IIPs)to attract foreign capital and boost national economies. IIPs are based on a conditional exchangelogic according to which the host country offers residence permits (Residence by Investment —RBI—),...