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Immigration in American Economic History

Ran Abramitzky¹; Leah Platt Boustan²

¹ Stanford University and NBER · ² Princeton University and NBER

The United States has long been perceived as a land of opportunity for immigrants. Yet, both in the past and today, US natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to integrate into US society and lower wages for existing workers. This paper reviews the literatures on historical and contemporary migrant flows, yielding new insights on migrant selection, assimilation of immigrants into US economy and society, and the effect of immigration on the labor market.

DOI

10.1257/jel.20151189

Volume

55 (4)

Pages

1311-1345

Language

en

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