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Title: Internal Migration and Sectoral Shift in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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ISSN: 0145-5532

DOI: 10.1017/ssh.2021.36

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Abstract: We study the relationship between internal migration and industrialization in the United States between 1850 and 1880. We use the Linked Representative Samples from IPUMS and find significant amounts of rural-urban and urban-urban migration in New England. Rural-urban migration was mainly driven by agricultural workers shifting to manufacturing occupations. Urban-urban migration was driven by foreign-born workers in manufacturing. We argue that rural-urban migration was a significant factor in US economic development and the structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing.

Url: https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2021.36

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Authors: MacDonald, Daniel

Periodical (Full): Social Science History

Issue: 4

Volume: 45

Pages: 843-862

Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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