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Title: There and Back (and Back) Again: Repeat Migration to the United States, 1897-1936

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Models often assume that migrants move to the host country either permanently or for a short period before returning home permanently; however, this ignores over three million reentries into the United States in the early 20th century. Using ship manifests and congressional records, I show that repeaters were distinct from first-time arrivals and return migrants. Repeat entrants were less responsive to United States business cycles, were similarly skilled to the migrant stock and more skilled than return migrants. Further, New and Old source country return migrants had similar rates of re-entry despite different rates of returning home.

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Authors: Ward, Zachary

Publisher: The Australian National University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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