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Home, Sweet Home: Returns to Returning in the Age of Mass Migration

Ejermo, Olof LU ; Enflo, Kerstin LU orcid ; Eriksson, Björn LU and Prawitz, Erik (2022) In Discussion Paper series
Abstract
Studying migrants from Sweden to the United States, we provide new evidence on return migration during the Age of Mass Migration. Focusing on a sample of migrants and stayers observed in childhood, we document limited effects on income and occupational upgrading, but large effects on wealth. Male returnees held about twice as much wealth as stayers and about 40 percent more than staying brothers. These effects were likely driven by accumulated savings overseas, rather than inheritance or an income premium back home. For female returnees, wealth effects are of similar magnitude, but appear to be realized primarily through marriage.
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  author       = {{Ejermo, Olof and Enflo, Kerstin and Eriksson, Björn and Prawitz, Erik}},
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