Faith and Assimilation
Italian Immigrants in the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9707918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Gagliarducci (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Marco Tabellini (0000-0002-3565-4253, Harvard Business School, NBER) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue | 670 |
| Pages | 1814-1851 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/ueaf010 |
| OpenAlex | W4287102884 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 61 |
We study the effects of ethnic religious organisations on immigrant assimilation, assembling novel data on Italian Catholic churches across US counties between 1890 and 1920. Exploiting variation in the timing of church entry, we find that Italian churches reduced social and economic assimilation along dimensions that require more inter-group interactions, but had null or positive effects on outcomes for which cross-group coordination is less important. We provide evidence that coordination within the Italian community and natives' backlash are plausible pathways for our results. We also document that churches increased literacy and English-speaking ability of immigrant children
Assimilation (phonology · Demographic economics · Economics · Faith · Immigration · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |