Ran Abramitzky ; Leah Platt Boustan y Katherine Eriksson han publicado To the New World andBack Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration. En el resumen exponen: "We
compile large datasets from Norwegian and US historical censuses to study
return migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913). Return migrants
were somewhat negatively selected from the migrant pool: Norwegian immigrants
who returned to Norway held slightly lower-paid occupations than Norwegian
immigrants who stayed in the US, both before and after moving to the US. Upon
returning to Norway, return migrants held higher-paid occupations than
Norwegians who never moved, despite hailing from poorer backgrounds. They were
also more likely to get married after return. These patterns suggest that
despite being negatively selected, return migrants were able to accumulate
savings and improve their economic circumstances once they returned home"
