TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigration in American economic history
AU - Abramitzky, Ran
AU - Boustan, Leah
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
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U2 - 10.1257/jel.20151189
DO - 10.1257/jel.20151189
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29398723
AN - SCOPUS:85038884542
VL - 55
SP - 1311
EP - 1345
JO - Journal of Economic Literature
JF - Journal of Economic Literature
SN - 0022-0515
IS - 4
ER -