Green, Alan G., MacKinnon, Mary and Minns, Chris 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1685-7757
(2002)
Dominion or republic? Migrants to North America from the United Kingdom, 1870–1910.
Economic History Review, 55 (4).
666 - 696.
ISSN 0013-0117
Abstract
Late nineteenth–century Canada attracted a large number of immigrants from the UK, despite far lower average income per head there than in the US. While urban labour markets in the northern US were much larger than those in Canada, differences in outcomes between UK immigrants in Canadian and in northern US cities were small. Average annual real earnings by occupation group were only 10 to 15 per cent lower in Canadian cities. Individual–level census data indicate that the occupational distribution of UK immigrants in Canada was quite similar to that of their peers in the US.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680289 |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Economic History Society |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| JEL classification: | N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Income, and Wealth > N31 - Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Income and Wealth: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913 |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2008 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 06:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/15638 |
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