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Title: Southern (American) Hospitality: Italians in Argentina and the US during the Age of Mass Migration

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.3386/w26127

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Abstract: I study the selection and economic outcomes of Italians in Argentina and the US, the two largest destinations during the age of mass migration. Prior cross-sectional work finds that Italians had faster assimilation in Argentina, but it is inconclusive on whether this was due to differences in selection or host-country conditions. I assemble data following Italians from passenger lists to censuses, enabling me to compare migrants with similar pre-migration characteristics. Italians had better economic outcomes in Argentina, and this advantage was unlikely to be due to selection. Migration path dependence can rationalize these differences in an era of open borders.

Url: https://doi.org/10.3386/w26127

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Authors: Pérez, Santiago

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 267127

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

Pages: 1-66

Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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