Jonas Helgertz
Vicerektor forskning, Docent
From Sweden to America: Migrant Selection in the Transatlantic Migration, 1890-1910
Författare
Summary, in English
We examine selection by class origin and gender in the emigration from Sweden to the United States during the age of mass migration. We use full-count census data linked to emigration lists to create a panel of over one million men and women. Class selection was similar for men and women, with children from medium-skilled backgrounds being most likely to leave. Selection on class origin was most pronounced in poorer and less industrialized regions, but similar in rural and urban areas. These patterns suggest that not only returns to skill determined migrant selection but also class-specific costs of migration.
Avdelning/ar
- Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
- Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
Publiceringsår
2023-02
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
24-44
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Review of Economic History
Volym
27
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Economic History
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1474-0044