Data and Code for: Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER; Leah Boustan, Princeton University and NBER ; Elisa Jácome, Princeton University; Santiago Pérez, UC Davis and NBER

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Project Citation: 

Abramitzky, Ran, Boustan, Leah, Jácome, Elisa, and Pérez, Santiago. Data and Code for: Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in  the US over Two Centuries. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-01-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120490V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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. 

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Immigration; intergenerational mobility; assimilation
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1880 – 2015
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source US Population Censuses: 1880, 1910, 1940 and 1980
Current Population Surveys: 2006-2015
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals

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