Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180436 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11418
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) from the 1860 Census of Population (one percent sample of free people) is used to study the occupational distribution and the determinants of socio-economic status of Jewish men (age 16 to 60) compared to other free men. Jews cannot be identified directly, but two versions of the Distinctive Jewish Name (DJN) technique are used to identify men with a higher probability of being Jewish. The men identified as likely to be Jewish are more likely to be in managerial, clerical, machine operator, and sales (especially as peddlers) occupations. They are less likely to be in farm related occupations as owners, tenants, managers, or laborers. Using multiple regression analysis to study the Duncan Socio-Economic Index (SEI), it is found that the index increases with age (at a decreasing rate), literacy, being married, and living in the South. It is lower among (free) non-whites, among the foreign-born, those with more children, and those living in rural areas (especially on farms). Other variables the same, US-born Jews do not differ significantly in SEI from other free, native-born men, but foreign-born Jews have a significantly higher SEI than other immigrants or even US-born non-Jews.
Subjects: 
1860 US Census
occupational status
Jews
foreign born
labor history
JEL: 
N31
J62
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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