作者：University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa; Harvard University
作者：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
作者：Hatton, TJ
摘要：Recent studies suggest that the earnings of pre-1890 immigrants grew slowly compared with those of natives and imply that these immigrants did not assimilate well into the American labor market. Using data for Michigan and California this article estimates new specifications for immigrant and native-born earnings, and finds that immigrants who arrived as children had similar earnings profiles to the native-born. Immigrants who arrived as adults suffered an initial earnings disadvantage but the...
作者：McDonald, JA; OBrien, AP; Callahan, CM
摘要：Strange as it seems, the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff might have had an expansionary effect an the U.S. economy. Basic macroeconomic principles indicate that the direct effect of a tariff increase is expansionary. This expansionary effect might be offset by retaliatory increases in foreign tariffs. Barry Eichengreen has recently questioned whether significant retaliation to Smoot-Hawley occurred. This article demonstrates that the tariff increases enacted during 1930 in Canada-the largest trad...
