Immigration in American economic history

Ran Abramitzky; Leah Boustan

doi:10.1257/jel.20151189

Immigration in American economic history

Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan

Economics

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The United States has long been perceived as a land of opportunity for immigrants. Yet, both in the past and today, US natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to integrate into US society and lower wages for existing workers. This paper reviews the literatures on historical and contemporary migrant flows, yielding new insights on migrant selection, assimilation of immigrants into US economy and society, and the effect of immigration on the labor market. (JEL J11, J15, J24, J61, N31, N32).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1311-1345
Number of pages	35
Journal	Journal of Economic Literature
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20151189
State	Published - Dec 2017

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Economics and Econometrics

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