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The institutional and ethnic view on migration decisions : Evidence from the Ottoman migration to the United States during the early twentieth century
Hanedar, Avni Önder; Yaldız Hanedar, Elmas; Uysal, Sezgin - 2021
After the development of Atlantic trade in the nineteenth century, the United States of America (US) became economically important place, attracting to a labour flow from neighbouring countries and other continents. Meanwhile, serious economic and political shocks were experienced by the Ottoman...
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German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention
Moser, Petra - 2015
Historical accounts suggest that the arrival of German Jewish émigrés who fled the Nazi regime revolutionized U.S. science and innovation. This paper presents the first systematic analysis of the émigrés' effects on U.S. innovation. Difference-in-differences analyses compare changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037728
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The Moral Values of "Rugged Individualism"
Bazzi, Samuel; Fiszbein, Martín; Garcia, Maximiliano - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
distinctive cultural configuration to the country's frontier history. The frontier favored self-reliance, but also rewarded … history are more particularistic, displaying stronger opposition to federal taxes relative to state taxes, stronger communal … time, connections across counties display assortative matching on frontier history, highlighting the important role of …
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Frontier History and Gender Norms in the United States
Bazzi, Samuel; Brodeur, Abel; Fiszbein, Martín; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper explores how historical gender roles become entrenched as norms over the long run. In the historical United States, gender roles on the frontier looked starkly different from those in settled areas. Male-biased sex ratios led to higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land...
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The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations
Alston, Lee J.; Duggan, Marie Christine; Pastrana, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We explore the long run impact of the Spanish missions on Native American outcomes in the early 20th century. Native communities who interacted with Spanish missionaries developed into enclaves which blended Catholicism with native culture. Some survived assaults on their property rights by...
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US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective
Hanson, Gordon H.; Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our review of the evidence on the US immigration wave from the region suggests that it bears many similarities to the major immigration waves of the 19th and early...
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Internal Migration in the United States : Rates, Selection, and Destination Choice, 1850-1940
Zimran, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
I study the internal migration of native-born white men in the United States using linked census data covering all possible 10- and 20-year periods 1850--1940. Inter-county migration rates were stable over time. Selection into migration on the basis of occupational status was also largely stable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362038
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US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective
Hanson, Gordon H.; Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2022
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our review of the evidence on the US immigration wave from the region suggests that it bears many similarities to the major immigration waves of the 19th and early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241888
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Macro stress testing the U.S. banking system
Kanas, Angelos; Molyneux, Philip - In: Journal of international financial markets, … 54 (2018), pp. 204-227
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Heterogeneous convergence
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - 2013
We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.
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