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The children of intermarriage during the Age of Mass Migration

Balladares Herbert, Sofia Camila LU (2022) EKHS42 20221
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This study performs a descriptive analysis of the potential effects of intermarriage on children of the immigrants arrived to the US in the Age of Mass Migration. To do this, we use a novel dataset, the Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel Project from IPUMS, that uses US full-count Census data to link people across censuses. This allows us to estimate the effect of intermarriage on children in a later Census year, 1940, while controlling for the socioeconomic status of parents of intermarried couples, so as to reduce concerns about self-selection. Besides, we also follow Tegunimataka (2021) and include cousin fixed effects to control for possible unobservables at the family level. We find that intermarriage results in significantly... (More)
This study performs a descriptive analysis of the potential effects of intermarriage on children of the immigrants arrived to the US in the Age of Mass Migration. To do this, we use a novel dataset, the Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel Project from IPUMS, that uses US full-count Census data to link people across censuses. This allows us to estimate the effect of intermarriage on children in a later Census year, 1940, while controlling for the socioeconomic status of parents of intermarried couples, so as to reduce concerns about self-selection. Besides, we also follow Tegunimataka (2021) and include cousin fixed effects to control for possible unobservables at the family level. We find that intermarriage results in significantly positive outcomes when controlling from parental and contextual confounders. However, when including cousin fixed effects, all the coefficients lose their significance, suggesting that most of the estimated effect can be explained by unobserved heterogeneity at the family level, such as different values and upbringing practices, that cousins are more likely to share. (Less)
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author
Balladares Herbert, Sofia Camila LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS42 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Intermarriage, Immigration, Age of Mass Migration, US Census
language
English
id
9100847
date added to LUP
2022-11-09 08:55:26
date last changed
2022-11-09 08:55:26
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  abstract     = {{This study performs a descriptive analysis of the potential effects of intermarriage on children of the immigrants arrived to the US in the Age of Mass Migration. To do this, we use a novel dataset, the Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel Project from IPUMS, that uses US full-count Census data to link people across censuses. This allows us to estimate the effect of intermarriage on children in a later Census year, 1940, while controlling for the socioeconomic status of parents of intermarried couples, so as to reduce concerns about self-selection. Besides, we also follow Tegunimataka (2021) and include cousin fixed effects to control for possible unobservables at the family level. We find that intermarriage results in significantly positive outcomes when controlling from parental and contextual confounders. However, when including cousin fixed effects, all the coefficients lose their significance, suggesting that most of the estimated effect can be explained by unobserved heterogeneity at the family level, such as different values and upbringing practices, that cousins are more likely to share.}},
  author       = {{Balladares Herbert, Sofia Camila}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The children of intermarriage during the Age of Mass Migration}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}