努力向上?大规模移民时代美国移民不断变化的劳动力市场同化

IF 5.5 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Applied Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1257/app.20210008

William J. Collins, Ariell Zimran

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摘要

移民在其一生中是否比本地人在劳动力市场上更有优势，这是移民经济学中的一个基本问题。我们研究了1850年至1940年期间五个队列的相关人口普查记录，当时移民到美国的人数达到了顶峰。我们发现了一个u形的同化模式:移民在早期和后期的群体中“追赶”本地人，但在两者之间则没有。这种变化不是由于移民来源国的变化。相反，它植根于男性早期的职业生涯，我们将其与结构性变化、互补性增强以及19世纪40年代和20世纪的大规模移民浪潮联系在一起。(jel j15, j24, j61, j82, n31, n32)

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Working Their Way Up? US Immigrants’ Changing Labor Market Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration

Whether immigrants advance in labor markets during their lifetimes relative to natives is a fundamental question in the economics of immigration. We examine linked census records for five cohorts spanning 1850–1940, when immigration to the United States was at its peak. We find a U-shaped pattern of assimilation: immigrants were “catching up” to natives in the early and later cohorts, but not in between. This change was not due to shifts in immigrants’ source countries. Instead, it was rooted in men’s early-career occupations, which we associate with structural change, strengthening complementarities, and large immigration waves in the 1840s and 1900s. (JEL J15, J24, J61, J82, N31, N32)

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American Economic Journal-Applied Economics ECONOMICS-

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9.10

自引率

1.60%

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期刊介绍： American Economic Journal: Applied Economics publishes papers covering a range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical microeconomic issues. In particular, we welcome papers on labor economics, development microeconomics, health, education, demography, empirical corporate finance, empirical studies of trade, and empirical behavioral economics.