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The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants

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Graziella Bertocchi () (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, CEPR, CHILD and IZA Bonn)
Chiara Strozzi () (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

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We study the determinants of 19th century mass migration with special attention to the role of institutional factors beside standard economic fundamentals. We find that economic forces associated with income and demographic differentials had a major role in the determination of this historical event, but that the quality of institutions also mattered. We evaluate separately the impact of political institutions linked to democracy and suffrage and of those institutions more specifically targeted at attracting migrants, i.e., citizenship acquisition, land distribution, and public education policies. We find that both sets of institutions contributed to this event, even after controlling for their potential endogeneity through a set of instruments exploiting colonial history and the quality of institutions inherited from the past.

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Keywords: 19th century international migration; institutions; migration policy; democracy; colonial history;

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F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
P16 - Economic Systems - - Capitalist Systems - - - Political Economy of Capitalism
N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Europe: Pre-1913
O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
F54 - International Economics - - International Relations and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism

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  1. Marina Murat & Barbara Pistoresi & Alberto Rinaldi, 2008. ": Italian Diaspora and Foreign Direct Investment: A Cliometric Perspective," Center for Economic Research (RECent) 013, University of Modena and Reggio E., Dept. of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Marina Murat & Barbara Pistoresi, 2007. "Migrant networks: Empirical Implications for the Italian Bilateral Trade," Center for Economic Research (RECent) 003, University of Modena and Reggio E., Dept. of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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