1997
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1997.0674
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The Entry into the U.S. Labor Market of Antebellum European Immigrants, 1840–1860

Abstract: This study examines the occupational mobility of antebellum immigrants as they entered the U.S. White collar, skilled, and semi-skilled immigrants left unskilled jobs more rapidly after arrival than farmers and unskilled workers. British and German immigrants fared better than the Irish; literate immigrants in rapidly growing counties and places with many immigrants fared best. These findings have implications for (1) the accuracy of estimates of immigrant occupational mobility; (2) the size of the human capit… Show more

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“…However, under the assumption that the unskilled category is the least desirable, the data show that occupational upgrading occurred for a large fraction of those who had held unskilled occupations in Europe; less than 25 percent of those who entered the country as unskilled workers were still in those occupations by 1895. The fraction of immigrants moving out of unskilled occupations is substantially higher than documented by Ferrie (1997) in the Antebellum United States. Ferrie (1997) nds that about half of the immigrants arriving to the United States in the 1840-1850 period were still working as unskilled workers by 1860.…”
Section: Occupational Mobility From Arrival To 1895mentioning
confidence: 78%
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“…However, under the assumption that the unskilled category is the least desirable, the data show that occupational upgrading occurred for a large fraction of those who had held unskilled occupations in Europe; less than 25 percent of those who entered the country as unskilled workers were still in those occupations by 1895. The fraction of immigrants moving out of unskilled occupations is substantially higher than documented by Ferrie (1997) in the Antebellum United States. Ferrie (1997) nds that about half of the immigrants arriving to the United States in the 1840-1850 period were still working as unskilled workers by 1860.…”
Section: Occupational Mobility From Arrival To 1895mentioning
confidence: 78%
“…The fraction of immigrants moving out of unskilled occupations is substantially higher than documented by Ferrie (1997) in the Antebellum United States. Ferrie (1997) nds that about half of the immigrants arriving to the United States in the 1840-1850 period were still working as unskilled workers by 1860. Indeed, even when excluding Irish immigrants, who had the worst outcomes among all immigrant groups, from the U.S. data, 25 A limitation of these data is that the accuracy of the occupation declared upon arrival has been questioned.…”
Section: Occupational Mobility From Arrival To 1895mentioning
confidence: 78%
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