Age at Arrival and Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration. (7th September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Age at Arrival and Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration. (7th September 2018)
- Main Title:
- Age at Arrival and Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration
- Authors:
- Alexander, Rohan
Ward, Zachary - Abstract:
- Abstract : We estimate the effect of age at arrival for immigrant outcomes with a new dataset of arrivals linked to the 1940 U.S. Census. Using within-family variation, we find that arriving at an older age, or having more childhood exposure to the European environment, led to a more negative wage gap relative to the native born. Infant arrivals had a positive wage gap relative to natives, in contrast to a negative gap for teenage arrivals. Therefore, a key determinant of immigrant outcomes during the Age of Mass Migration was the country of residence during critical periods of childhood development.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of economic history. Volume 78:Number 3(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of economic history
- Issue:
- Volume 78:Number 3(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 78, Issue 3 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 78
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0078-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 904
- Page End:
- 937
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-07
- Subjects:
- Economic history -- Periodicals
330.9005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.jstor.org/journals/00220507.html ↗
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http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JEH ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022050718000335 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-0507
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