Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Eriksson, Katherine

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“…The match rate for U.S. born men is at 19 percent considerably higher. 7 See also the more detailed discussion on selection in initial and return migrations among Norwegian migrants to the U.S. in Abramitzky et al (2012b).…”

Section: Migration Temporariness: Data and Measurementmentioning

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The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann

Görlach

2016

Journal of Economic Literature

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Many migrations are temporary -a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for non-migrants in both home and host countries. In this paper we provide a thorough examination of the various aspects of temporary migrations that matter for the analysis of economic phenomena. We demonstrate the extent of temporary migrations in population movements. We show how temporariness can affect the various economic choices and how better data have improved both the measurement of nonpermanent migrations and the analyses of various aspects of migrant behavior. We propose a general theoretical framework for modeling temporary migration decisions, based on which we outline the various motives for temporariness while simultaneously reviewing related literature and available data sources. We discuss the possible consequences of migration temporariness for non-migrants in both home and host countries.

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Section: Migration Temporariness: Data and Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann

Görlach

2016

Journal of Economic Literature

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“…We then calculate the average income (weighted by the sample frequencies in 1910) for the occupations with nonmissing income data based on the Preston-Haines tabulations, and assign this value ($335.04) to all farmers (see Appendix Table 1 for the details of the calculation). As an alternative, we impute farmers' income based on the methodology originally described by Mitchell et al (1922) and recently used by Abramitzky et al (2012). For owner-occupier farmers, we calculate income as the difference between the value of farm products (augmented by the value of rent and food consumed by the family) and the total expenditures on labor, fertilizer, feed, seeds, threshing, taxes and maintenance (this results in an imputed annual income of $576).…”

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In the Name of the Son (and the Daughter): Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, 1850-1930

Olivetti

Paserman

2013

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This paper provides a new perspective on intergenerational mobility in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We devise an empirical strategy that allows to calculate intergenerational elasticities between fathers and children of both sexes. The key insight of our approach is that the information about socio-economic status conveyed by first names can be used to create a pseudo-link not only between fathers and sons, but also between fathers and daughters. The latter is typically not possible with historical data.We find that the father-son elasticity in economic status grows throughout the sample period. Intergenerational elasticities for daughters follow a broadly similar trend, but with some differences in timing. We argue that most of the increase in the intergenerational elasticity estimate in the early part of the 20th Century can be accounted for by the vast regional disparities in economic development, with increasing returns to human capital contributing to explain the residual. Other mechanisms such as changes in fertility, migration, and investment in public schooling, appear to have had only a minor role in explaining the trends.

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“…The evidence to date suggests that emigration increases the incomes and, in some instances, the life satisfaction and perceived quality of life aspects of those who move (Abramitzky, Boustan, & Eriksson, 2012;Clemens, Montenegro, & Pritchett, 2008;IOM, 2013;Nikolova & Graham, 2015;Simpson, 2013;Stillman, Gibson, McKenzie, & Rohorua, 2015). The effects of migration on the left-behind could be positive or negative depending on individual circumstances, who is left behind at origin (e.g., spouses vs. elderly parents or children), and the well-being outcome.…”

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Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries

Nikolova

Roman

Zimmermann

2017

Journal of Comparative Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E ABSTRACT Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries *The fall of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe restored ordinary citizens' rights and freedoms and ended their political and social isolation. While the freedom of movement was quickly embraced, civil society revival lagged due to the eroded civic norms, declining social capital, and worsening economic conditions. In this paper, we examine the link between the out-migration of relatives and friends and the pro-social behavior of the left behinds in two post-socialist countries -Bulgaria and Romania -the EU's poorest, unhappiest, and among the most corrupt members. We show that having close contacts abroad is consistently positively associated with civic engagement and that the cultural transmission of norms from abroad could be driving the results. Specifically, the strength of the civic engagement culture of the family or friend's destination matters for the pro-social behavior of respondents in the home countries. Our results imply that the emigration of family and friends may have positive but previously undocumented consequences for the individuals and communities left behind in Bulgaria and Romania. Given civil society's role for development in post-socialist Europe and the socio-economic and institutional challenges that Bulgaria and Romania face compared with the rest of the EU, understanding the channels fostering civil society and wellbeing are important for national and EU policymakers. JEL Classification:I30, I31, F22, P30, Z10

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Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration

Cited by 149 publications

References 23 publications

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

In the Name of the Son (and the Daughter): Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, 1850-1930

Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries

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