Hatton, T (1997) 'The Immigrant Assimilation Puzzle in Late Nineteenth-Centuty America.' Journal of Economic History, 57 (01). pp. 34-62. ISSN 0022-0507
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Recent studies suggest that the earnings of pre-1890 immigrants grew slowly compared with those of natives and imply that these immigrants did not assimilate well into the American labor market. Using data for Michigan and California this article estimates new specifications for immigrant and native-born earnings, and finds that immigrants who arrived as children had similar earnings profiles to the native-born. Immigrants who arrived as adults suffered an initial earnings disadvantage but their earnings grew faster than those of the native-born. These results are consistent with the traditional view that pre-1890 immigrants assimilated well.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Elements |
Depositing User: | Elements |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2012 12:19 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 00:28 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/3327 |
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