SOUTHERN (AMERICAN) HOSPITALITY: ITALIANS IN ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE AGE OF MASS MIGRATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Perez, Santiago
• 署名单位: National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Davis
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueab016
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 2613-2628
• 关键词: antebellum european immigrants; economic outcomes; 2nd-generation immigrants; Earnings growth; self-selection; neighborhoods; assimilation; mobility; exposure; canada

摘要

Argentina and the United States were the principal destinations for Italian immigrants during the Age of Mass Migration. I assemble data following Italians from passenger lists to censuses in Argentina and the United States, enabling me to compare the economic outcomes of migrants with similar pre-migration characteristics but who moved to different countries. Italians assimilated faster in Argentina, and this advantage was unlikely to be due to selection. A higher human capital relative to natives and the Italian-Spanish similarity largely explain Italians' advantage in Argentina. These findings highlight the importance of the fit between migrants' characteristics and those of the receiving country.