Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/247119 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
EHES Working Paper No. 189
Publisher: 
European Historical Economics Society (EHES), s.l.
Abstract: 
Millions of immigrants chose Argentina as the land of opportunity during the era of mass migration. Two immigrant groups, Italians and Spaniards, dominated the immigration flows. Despite higher literacy and their linguistic advantages, in Buenos Aires Spaniards fared worse when compared to Italians. By 1895, Italians enjoyed higher wages. What explains their paths in the city of Buenos Aires? We find that the Italian community capitalized upon pre-existing cultural traditions to establish denser and more effective networks to match their compatriots with economic opportunities. The more individualistic Spanish were unable to keep pace, despite their initial cultural, linguistic, and educational advantages.
Subjects: 
migration
networks
Buenos Aires
JEL: 
N36
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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