The effects of immigration restriction laws on immigrant segregation in the early twentieth century US

被引:6
作者
Xu, Dafeng [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Evans Sch Publ Policy & Governance, 4105 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
关键词
Immigration restriction; Law; Immigrant segregation; Early twentieth century; U.S; UNITED-STATES; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION; NORTHERN CITIES; SELF-SELECTION; CENSUS; ASSIMILATION; AMERICANS; NETWORKS; BLACKS;
D O I
10.1016/j.jce.2019.10.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Several immigration restriction laws, passed in the background of anti-immigration populism in the early 1920s, put an end to the period of "open borders" in the U.S. In this paper, I use the linked county sample in the early twentieth century to examine how immigration restriction laws led to different trends in segregation across groups. Difference-in-difference estimations show that all immigrant groups followed similar trends in segregation before the passage of immigration laws; afterwards, segregation among immigrants from more restricted countries declined relative to segregation among immigrants from less restricted countries. I then construct linked census samples at the individual level, and study mechanisms behind de-segregation. I find two possible mechanisms: (a) limitations on new arrivals; (b) selection on return migration. Further analyses suggest that de-segregation might not benefit immigrants' socioeconomic assimilation.
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页码:422 / 447
页数:26
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