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Did American Manufacturers Discriminate Against Immigrants Before 1914?

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  • McGouldrick, Paul F.
  • Tannen, Michael B.

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Several accounts have documented the difficult employment experiences of immigrants in manufacturing industries around the turn of the twentieth century. A recent quantitative study, however, has asserted that wage differentials between immigrants and natives were the result of differences in skill, and not discrimination. We examine the same data on a less aggregative level, and our regression analysis indicates that the so-called “new†immigrants received lower wages than either “old†immigrants or natives—even after standardizing for worker skills and industry characteristics. An analysis of a second data set confirms the finding of discrimination.

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  • McGouldrick, Paul F. & Tannen, Michael B., 1977. "Did American Manufacturers Discriminate Against Immigrants Before 1914?," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 37(3), pages 723-746, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:37:y:1977:i:03:p:723-746_09
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