Hatton, Timothy J (2021) Emigration from the United Kingdom to the United States, Canada and Australia/New Zealand, 1870–1913: Quantity and quality. Australian Economic History Review, 61 (2). pp. 136-158. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12218
Hatton, Timothy J (2021) Emigration from the United Kingdom to the United States, Canada and Australia/New Zealand, 1870–1913: Quantity and quality. Australian Economic History Review, 61 (2). pp. 136-158. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12218
Hatton, Timothy J (2021) Emigration from the United Kingdom to the United States, Canada and Australia/New Zealand, 1870–1913: Quantity and quality. Australian Economic History Review, 61 (2). pp. 136-158. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12218
Abstract
This paper revisits the determinants of emigration from the United Kingdom to the United States, Canada and Australia/New Zealand from 1870 to 1913. In the absence of restrictive immigration policies, the flow of emigration to these destinations responded to economic shocks and trends. Emigrants to Australia and New Zealand were more skilled on average than those heading across the Atlantic, a feature that does not correspond well with skill differentials in the manner predicted by the Roy model. While assisted passages (subsidised fares) increased the volume of emigration to Australia and New Zealand they cannot account for its higher skill content.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | assisted passages; migrant skills; UK emigration |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2021 06:38 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:48 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30682 |
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