An immigrant community? Norwegian sailors and their wives in 17th-century Amsterdam

Sogner, Sölvi; Lottum, Jelle van

doi:10.1016/j.hisfam.2007.08.006

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“…These resident migrants can also help would-be migrants cover travel costs through remittances; the costs of looking for work in a new country can be lowered through resident migrants' offers of lodging or monetary loans while a newcomer searches for work (Bade 2003;Hatton and Williamson 1998). Furthermore, this resident-migrant group can help with assimilation to local conditions and might also present potential marriage partners, thus lowering the emotional costs related to the relocation to a new country (Sogner and Van Lottum 2007). Our analysis shows the remarkably persistent effects exerted by migrant networks on migration patterns during the eighteenth century.…”

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“…However, unlike the extensive research on international migration in the nineteenth century (see in particular Hatton and Williamson 1998;Wegge 1998), the approach to early modern migration has chiefly been qualitative. Studies have offered detailed qualitative accounts of the importance of migration networks created by previous migrants in providing information about economic possibilities in foreign destinations (Lucassen 1987) and the way such information was transmitted between "home" and "abroad" (Sogner and Van Lottum 2007). Our study, however, offers the first quantitative assessment of this potentially important phenomenon for the early modern period.…”

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The Determinants of International Migration in Early Modern Europe: Evidence from the Maritime Sector, c. 1700–1800

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2020

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This article offers the first multivariate regression study of international migration in early modern Europe. Using unique eighteenth-century data about maritime workers, we created a data set of migration flows among European countries to examine the role of factors related to geography, population, language, the market, and chain migration in explaining the migration of these workers across countries. We show that among all factors considered in our multivariate analysis, the geographical characteristics of the destination countries, size of port towns, and past migrations are among the most robust and quantitatively the most important factors influencing cross-country migration flows.

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The Determinants of International Migration in Early Modern Europe: Evidence from the Maritime Sector, c. 1700–1800

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Lottum

2020

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“…14–45. For migrant networks of Norwegians in Amsterdam, see Sogner and van Lottum, ‘Immigrant community’; see also Kuijpers, Migrantenstad.…”

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“…On the concentration of immigrants in Amsterdam see, for example, Kuijpers, Migrantenstad , pp. 139–77; Sogner and van Lottum, ‘Immigrant community’, pp. 159–62; cf.…”

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Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001

Lottum

2010

The Economic History Review

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In most studies of early modern north-western Europe, England is regarded as the successor of the Netherlands in terms of economic leadership.Whereas related topics like institutional and technological change or changes in trade and capital flows have been incorporated into the research on the comparison of these two rival states, labour migration is usually omitted.This article aims to fill this lacuna by focusing on labour migration to the two core regions of the Netherlands and England: the Randstad and London.Two main research questions are raised in this article. First of all, in what way did the two cores and their hinterlands differ with regard to their demographic, economic, and spatial structures, and how did this contribute to different trends in labour migration over time? Secondly, what was the effect of the configuration of the demand and supply factors of London and the Randstad for their economies and for those who lived in them? By trying to answer these two questions this article aims not only to shed light on a hitherto largely unexplored topic in the comparative geographic, economic, and demographic history of the two countries, but also to contribute to the understanding of migration as a factor in the promotion of economic growth.e hr_547 531..570

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Heuvel¹

2018

The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age

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An immigrant community? Norwegian sailors and their wives in 17th-century Amsterdam

Cited by 6 publications

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The Determinants of International Migration in Early Modern Europe: Evidence from the Maritime Sector, c. 1700–1800

The Determinants of International Migration in Early Modern Europe: Evidence from the Maritime Sector, c. 1700–1800

Labour migration and economic performance: London and the Randstad, c. 1600-18001

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