American Economic Review · 2021 · Ran Abramitzky、Leah Platt Boustan、Elisa Jácome、Santiago T. Pérez
中文摘要
利用跨越美国 100 多年历史的数百万对父子数据,我们发现,来自几乎所有来源国的移民子女比美国本土出生者的子女拥有更高的向上流动率。尽管来源国和美国移民政策发生了巨大变化,移民的这一优势在历史上与今天大体相似。移民之所以获得这一优势,部分原因在于他们选择定居在对子女前景更有利的地区。(JEL J15, J18, J62, K37, N31, N32)
Abstract
Using millions of father-son pairs spanning more than 100 years of US history, we find that children of immigrants from nearly every sending country have higher rates of upward mobility than children of the US-born. Immigrants’ advantage is similar historically and today despite dramatic shifts in sending countries and US immigration policy. Immigrants achieve this advantage in part by choosing to settle in locations that offer better prospects for their children. (JEL J15, J18, J62, K37, N31, N32)