Debunking Immigration Myths: A Review Essay of Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Journal of Economic Literature · 2024 · [{"name": "Marco Tabellini", "affiliation": ["Center for Economic and Policy Research"]}]
中文摘要
本文评述兰·阿布拉米茨基（Ran Abramitzky）与莉娅·鲍斯坦（Leah Boustan）合著的《黄金之街：美国移民成功不为人知的故事》。这本行文优雅的著作是所有对移民议题感兴趣者的必读之作，它带领读者回顾美国移民史，考察从19世纪中叶至今的移民同化模式。本书对有关美国移民的两个迷思提出挑战。第一，它表明历史上的欧洲移民并非总是贫困地抵达美国后迅速实现经济和社会地位的跃升。第二，它记录了当今移民的同化速度与20世纪之交盛行的速度相近。（JEL J15, J18, K37, N31, N32, Z13）
Abstract
This essay reviews Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan. This elegantly written book, whih is a must-read for anyone interested in the topic of immigration, walks the reader through a history of US immigration, examining patterns of immigrant assimilation from the mid-nineteenth century to today. The book challenges two myths about US immigration. First, it shows that historical European immigrants did not always arrive poor and quickly climb the economic and social ladder. Second, it documents that the pace of immigrant assimilation today resembles that prevailing at the turn of the twentieth century. (JEL J15, J18, K37, N31, N32, Z13)