Download This PaperImmigration in American Economic History
64 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2016 Last revised: 17 Apr 2025
Date Written: January 2016
Abstract
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.
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Abramitzky, Ran and Boustan, Leah Platt, Immigration in American Economic History (January 2016). NBER Working Paper No. w21882, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2717293
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