The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-47

  Bandiera, Oriana ^a   Rasul, Imran ^b   Viarengo, Martina ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Graduate Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ellis Island; Migration accounting; Migratory inflows and outflows

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ELLIS ISLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877595766     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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