Displacement, Diversity, and Mobility
Career Impacts of Japanese American Internment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaime Arellano-Bover (University of Rome Tor Vergata, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 126-174 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050721000565 |
| OpenAlex | W2972867228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
In 1942 more than 110,000 persons of Japanese origin living on the U.S. West Coast were forcibly sent away to ten internment camps for one to three years. This paper studies how internees' careers were affected in the long run. Combining Census data, camp records, and survey data, I develop a predictor of a person's internment status based on Census observables. Using a difference-in-differences framework, I find that internment had long-run positive effects on earnings. The evidence is consistent with mechanisms related to increased mobility due to re-optimization of occupation and location choices, possibly facilitated by camps' high economic diversity
Census · Demographic economics · Displacement (psychology) · Diversity (politics) · Earnings · Economics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Demography · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |