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Migrants and the Making of America: The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration / Sandra Sequeira, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sequeira, Sandra.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23289.
- NBER working paper series no. w23289
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Migrants and the Making of America
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.
- Summary:
- We study the effects of European immigration to the United States during the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1920) on economic prosperity today. We exploit variation in the extent of immigration across counties arising from the interaction of fluctuations in aggregate immigrant flows and the gradual expansion of the railway network across the United States. We find that locations with more historical immigration today have higher incomes, less poverty, less unemployment, higher rates of urbanization, and greater educational attainment. The long-run effects appear to arise from the persistence of sizeable short-run benefits, including greater industrialization, increased agricultural productivity, and more innovation.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- March 2017.
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