Chain Migration and Information Networks: Evidence From Nineteenth-Century Hesse-Cassel
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 58 (4), 957-986
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700021689
Abstract
Chain migration was an important factor in European migrants' decisions in the nineteenth century. This article demonstrates that previous migrations have long-run effects and continue to impact the decisions of future migrants for many years. Chain migration produces not only more migration but different migrants. Migrants from over 1,300 different German villages are classified as networked and non-networked. The most definitive results from comparing the two types of migrants are the figures on cash assets because they support the model's prediction that socially networked migrants needed less cash than non-networked migrants to accomplish their migration goals.Keywords
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