Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246934 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
EHES Working Papers in Economic History No. 3
Publisher: 
European Historical Economics Society (EHES), s.l.
Abstract: 
Very few empirical studies have analyzed the labor market performance of internal migrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a new dataset, this article examines the occupational attainment of migrants, mostly internal migrants, in the city of Barcelona. We find that, in comparison with natives, the occupational outcome of migrants is partly explained by differences in labor market experience and skills. Nevertheless, other factors also appear to play an important role. Estimates, moreover, do not suggest the existence of improved economic assimilation over time. The results indicate that at least some groups of migrants faced barriers to occupational mobility.
Subjects: 
labor market integration
migrants
occupations
historical labor market
JEL: 
J24
J61
N34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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