Occupational self-selection of European emigrants: Evidence from nineteenth-century Hesse-Cassel

Self-selection mechanisms are important because they shed light on what has been relevant to those who migrate, especially in the nineteenth century. Using new micro data gathered from emigrant permit lists and census data in the homeland, I compare over 10,000 German emigrants to those who stayed a...

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Published in:European review of economic history 2002-12, Vol.6 (3), p.365-394
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Agricultural land
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Cash
Cost control
Economic history
Economic migration
Emigration
Farmers
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Occupations
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Skills
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Agricultural land
Alternative agriculture
Artisans
Cash
Cost control
Economic history
Economic migration
Emigration
Farmers
Human migration
Immigrants
Immigration
Labor market
Manual workers
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Noncitizens
Occupations
Population
Skills
Studies
Wealth
Workforce
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