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Information and Emigrants: Interprefectural Differences of Japanese Emigration to the Pacific Northwest, 1880–1915

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This article examines the determinants of interprefectural patterns of Japanese emigration to the U.S. Pacific Northwest, using a multiple regression analysis. In estimating the regression equations, new proxies are introduced for the “family- and-friends†effect that are free of the statistical problems common in previous studies on long-distance migration. The result shows that the information networks that developed between pioneer immigrants and their home districts played a central role in shaping emigration patterns. The lack of an alternative means of obtaining reliable information about conditions in the United States appears to be responsible.

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  • Murayama, Yuzo, 1991. "Information and Emigrants: Interprefectural Differences of Japanese Emigration to the Pacific Northwest, 1880–1915," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(1), pages 125-147, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:51:y:1991:i:01:p:125-147_03
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    1. Lewer, Joshua J. & Van den Berg, Hendrik, 2008. "A gravity model of immigration," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(1), pages 164-167, April.
    2. Suzuki, Masao, 2002. "Selective Immigration and Ethnic Economic Achievement: Japanese Americans before World War II," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 254-281, July.
    3. Saenz, Mariana & Lewer, Joshua J., 2015. "Colombian Emigration by Administrative Regions," IZA Discussion Papers 9514, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Kan, Kamhon, 2007. "Residential mobility and social capital," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 436-457, May.

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