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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Title:: Chapter VII. Cyclical fluctuations of selected elements in migration

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CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS IN MIGRATION 151 That the volume of emigration, like that of immigration, of un- skilled laborers is more dependent upon industrial conditions than is the “no occupation” group is further indicated by comparing the fluctuations in the monthly data for these two series corrected for seasonal variation (Chart 31). The curve for the “no occupation” group follows a fairly steady course, while that for the unskilled element shows an erratic tendency. The depression of 1911, for TABLE 43.—NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS, BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL (GROUPS 1908-1924a Thousands of persons YEAR Fon Laror- JARM po ov- Ser PROFES- Nooécu- Dn GRANT ERS avo: ERS VANTS SKILLED SIONAL PATION UNE ALIENS 1908 395.1 279.7 5i¢ 4.7 10.6 37.8 2.2 46.6 1909 225.8 118.9 3.0 3.0 10.2 21.9 1.8 30.5 1910 202.4 | 89.4 3.1 3.0 8.3 21.6 3.3 32.5 1911 295.7 | 174.0 6.5 | 11.6 9.2 33.5 2.9 | 40.4 1912 333.3 | 209.3 4.0 7.8 13.4 35.9 3.1 | 49.5 1913 308.2 | 191.6 3.9 6.1 16.2 31.6 2.9 | 45.4 1914 303.3 176.6 3.8 74 18.2 35.2 2.9 47.8 1915 204.1 127.9 | 2.5 3.4 | 12.5 20.1 2.3 28.5 1916 129.8 | 78.6 ' 1.8 2.5 8.0 13.9 2.1 17.4 1917 66.3 | 24.8 1.9 2.8 4.0 9.8 1.9 ' 15.9 1918 94.6 = 34.6 1.1 3.6 2.7 15.9 2.6 25.1 1919 123.5 74.1 0.5 2.6 2.8 11.0 2.6 22.2 1920 288.3 | 183.8 28 | 11.3 58 20.8 3.4 | 48.4 1921 247.7 135.2 2.1 10.5 5.5 21.5 3.4 51.7 1922 (198.7 [100.1 | 2.7 5.0 52 | 18.0 3.3 54.9 1923 81.4 | 32.9 0.900 "1 7 3.5 2.2 2.5 25.2 1924 76.8 = 37.3 0.3 1.6 2.7 73% 2.0 19.2 *Compiled from the annual reports of the U. S. Commissioner General of Immigration. example, is marked by a sharp rise in the emigration of unskilled laborers. The post-war emigration movement is peculiar in several respects. In the prosperous year 1920, emigration, ordinarily at a low ebb in boom periods, reached the peak in all groups except the skilled classes. This large emigration is probably in part at least due to the previous interference of war and early post-war conditions with the normal emigrant movement. Then, in 1921 and 1922, despite depression in industry, emigration declines, this decline becoming even more decided in 1923 and 1924. The primary reasons for the

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