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Jonas Helgertz

Vice Dean Research, Associate Professor

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From Sweden to America: Migrant Selection in the Transatlantic Migration, 1890-1910

Author

  • Martin Dribe
  • Björn Eriksson
  • Jonas Helgertz

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.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History
  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2023-02

Language

English

Pages

24-44

Publication/Series

European Review of Economic History

Volume

27

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1474-0044