SOUTHERN (AMERICAN) HOSPITALITY: ITALIANS IN ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE AGE OF MASS MIGRATION

被引:4
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作者
Perez, Santiago [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
来源
ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 2021年 / 131卷 / 638期
关键词
ANTEBELLUM EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS; ECONOMIC OUTCOMES; 2ND-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS; EARNINGS GROWTH; SELF-SELECTION; NEIGHBORHOODS; ASSIMILATION; MOBILITY; EXPOSURE; CANADA;
D O I
10.1093/ej/ueab016
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Argentina and the United States were the principal destinations for Italian immigrants during the Age of Mass Migration. I assemble data following Italians from passenger lists to censuses in Argentina and the United States, enabling me to compare the economic outcomes of migrants with similar pre-migration characteristics but who moved to different countries. Italians assimilated faster in Argentina, and this advantage was unlikely to be due to selection. A higher human capital relative to natives and the Italian-Spanish similarity largely explain Italians' advantage in Argentina. These findings highlight the importance of the fit between migrants' characteristics and those of the receiving country.
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页码:2613 / 2628
页数:16
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