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

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dc.citation.firstpage45en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Journal of Economic Historyen_US
dc.citation.lastpage85en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber83en_US
dc.contributor.authorEscamilla-Guerrero, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Alonso, Moramayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T14:48:14Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-04-25T14:48:14Zen_US
dc.date.issued2023en_US
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.en_US
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.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalmigrant-self-selection-and-random-shocks-evidence-from-the-panic-of-1907en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000535en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114845en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
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dc.titleMigrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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