SOCIOL 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Chain Migration, Real Wages
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Two centuries of policy and performance -timothy j. hatton and jeffrey g. williamson. Movement to escape religious/political persecution or convict chains. Mostly people moved to escape poverty (1840s): mass migration. Rising real wages at home did not appear to diminish emigration in the late 19th century. Better measure of the emigration incentive is the real wage gap between home and potential destination. Emigration life cycle to explain why real wages are not always capable of explaining emigration patterns. Cost of ight constrains poor laborers, so low wages=low erates. When industrialization takes place at home, wages rise, releasing the supply constraint. More people can move, which brings the emigration rate back down as the wage gap narrows to being closer. Either one works in ireland, it was remittances from abroad. Room and board/job/ nancial aid for passage/encouragement to migrate. What about in uence of industrialization and structural transformation? rural-urban movement.
