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Title: Exit, Voice, and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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ISSN: 0022-3808

DOI: 10.1086/701682

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Abstract: We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the nineteenth century using data from Sweden. To instrument for total emigration over several decades, we exploit severe local frost shocks that sparked an initial wave of emigration, interacted with within-country travel costs. Our estimates show that emigration substantially increased the local demand for political change, as measured by labor movement membership, strike participation, and voting. Emigration also led to de facto political change, increasing welfare expenditures as well as the likelihood of adopting more inclusive political institutions.

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/701682

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/701682

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Authors: Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik

Periodical (Full): Journal of Political Economy

Issue: 4

Volume: 127

Pages: 1864-1925

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States