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Title: Immigrant Communities and Knowledge Spillovers: Danish-Americans and the Development of the Dairy Industry in the United States

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Despite the growing literature on the impact of immigration, little is known about the role existing migrant settlements can play for knowledge transmission. We present a case which can illustrate this important mechanism and hypothesize that nineteenth century DanishAmerican communities helped spread knowledge on modern dairying to rural America. From around 1880, Denmark developed rapidly and by 1890 it was a world-leading dairy producer. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, and data taken from the US census and Danish emigration archives, we find that counties with more Danes in 1880 subsequently both specialized in dairying and used more modern practices.

Url: https://www.thecgo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Immigrant-Communities-and-Knowledge-Spillovers.pdf

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Authors: Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Sharp, Paul

Series Title: Working Paper

Publication Number: 2020.010

Institution: The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University

Pages: 1-42

Publisher Location: England

Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

Countries: United Kingdom