Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907

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dc.citation.firstpage45
dc.citation.issueNumber1
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Journal of Economic History
dc.citation.lastpage85
dc.citation.volumeNumber83
dc.contributor.authorEscamilla-Guerrero, David
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Alonso, Moramay
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T14:48:14Z
dc.date.available2023-04-25T14:48:14Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe study the impact of the 1907 Panic, the most severe economic crisis before the Great Depression, on the selection of Mexican immigration. We find that migrants were positively selected on height before the crisis. This pattern changed to negative selection during the crisis but returned to positive selection afterward. Adjustments in selection were partially mediated by the enganche, a historical labor-recruiting system that reduced migration costs but only for taller laborers with above-average earnings potential. We document that labor recruiting contributed to maintaining the relatively constant height profile of the migration flow in the short run.
dc.identifier.citationEscamilla-Guerrero, David and López-Alonso, Moramay. "Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907." <i>The Journal of Economic History,</i> 83, no. 1 (2023) Cambridge University Press: 45-85. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000535.
dc.identifier.digitalmigrant-self-selection-and-random-shocks-evidence-from-the-panic-of-1907
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000535
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114845
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
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