Affiliation:
1. Ran Abramitzky is an Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Leah Boustan is a Professor of Economics at Princeton and a Research Associate at NBER. Katherine Eriksson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UC Davis, a Faculty Research Fellow at NBER, and a Research Associate at Stellenbosch University.
Abstract
The authors compile large data sets from Norwegian and US historical censuses to study return migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850–1913). Norwegian immigrants who returned to Norway held lower-paid occupations than did Norwegian immigrants who stayed in the United States, both before and after their first transatlantic migration, suggesting they were negatively selected from the migrant pool. Upon returning to Norway, return migrants held higher-paid occupations relative to Norwegians who never moved, despite hailing from poorer backgrounds. These patterns suggest that despite being negatively selected, return migrants had been able to accumulate savings and could improve their economic circumstances once they returned home.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management
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