Migration and business cycles

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Identifikator:: 1736236210

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-111544

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Jerome, Harry

Title:: Migration and business cycles

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Bureau of Economic Research

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: 256 S.

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Collection:: Economics Books

CONTENTS Page FOREWORD «3 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM . “23 The Nature of Modern Migration . ee . 23 Migration and the Supply of Labor . . a, B23 The Long-Time and Short-Time Points of View.. 3 Migration and Business Cycles . : : oe ; The Questions for Solution . 3 : ; . . The Conflicting Interpretations . : Re The safety-valve theory . : Coed The maladjustment theory Ly Summary of the Contents of Succeeding Chapters 27 CHAPTER II S1GNIFICANT FEATURES OF MIGRATION . 29 Purpose of Chapter. . . . i 80. 209 Sources, Terminology, and Comprehensiveness of Migration Statistics - 29 Pertinent Features of Migration to and from the United States . 33 Violence of the Major Fluctuations . . : . 33 Marked Seasonal Variation igor JI Heavy Emigration . . . J37 Preponderance of Males . : wi Country of Origin—the “Old” and “New” Immigration Al Leading Immigrant Races or Peoples . ] . 4 Racial Differences in the Ratio of Emigrants to Immigrants . #4 Occupations of Immigrants : NF, R45 Occupational Changes. . . ad? The Volume of Immigration Relative to Population . 48 Chapter Summary . . 53 CHAPTER III EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS a, 154 Significance of a Measure of Employment Opportunity Joy iS4 The Ideal Measure . i 35 Types of Employment Statistics . 55 11

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