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Title: The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Author(s): Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi

Publication Date: January 2007

Keyword(s): 19th century international migration, colonial history, democracy, institutions and migration policy

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics and Public Economics

Abstract: 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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Bertocchi, G and Strozzi, C. 2007. 'The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6050