Our Visiting Program on Migration continues with an outstanding lineup of scholars coming to Luxembourg. This year we will be streaming the talks so you can join us online (PM me to be added). Check out the interviews I did with our visitors in '22-'23👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

In the South/inland, migrants' literacy >3 times higher than at origin, in the North-East, much lower SS (yet +). What about women? The picture is very complex, with both areas where female SS >/< than male SS. Gender inequalities & single vs. family migration can be key 👨‍👨‍👧

Three main takeaways: (1) migrant SS was positive throughout 1885-1930 (i.e., migrants' literacy on avg. ~80% higher than at origin), (2) SS much higher for men than for women (~40% higher, yet the gap disappears after WWI), (3) huge spatial variation 🔍

We digitized data from passport requests, census, + other sources 📜📚, across Portuguese districts during 1885-1930. We measure self-selection (SS) with the ratio between migrants' literacy rates (read & write) and literacy rates in the districts of origin 📝

In 1900, Portugal was one of the poorest countries in Europe. Literacy was reallylow (only 33% of men and 17% of women could read & write). Thousands of people crossed the Atlantic every year seeking better prospects (~75% to Brazil 🇧🇷, ~15% to the US 🇺🇸)

🎉Thrilled to tell you about my first publication 🤩! In 1880-1930, >1.5M people emigrated from Portugal 🇵🇹 to the Americas 🌎. In a (short) paper, we look at whether migrants were +/- educated than those left-behind, paying special attention to migrant women 👩‍🎓. A 🧵,

A few months ago, I took part in a science communication event in Luxembourg, where I spoke about what we do in economic history and why it matters 💡. The videos are online, so you can check them out here👩‍🎤👇 youtube.com/watch?v=D1COgqPh…

This week, as part of our visiting program on migration, we had the great pleasure of hosting @essobecker at @LISERinLUX and @uni_lu. He met tons of people, gave a fascinating lecture about his research on forced migration, and got to enjoy some local flammkuchen in exchange🍕👌

Our visiting program on migration is back! This week we hosted Fabio Mariani (@UCLouvain_be ); he met @LISERinLUX and @uni_lu researchers, we worked together on a new project and he gave a lecture on migration and group competition. An outstanding line-up for the upcoming months!

Always amazed and inspired by the work of Ran Abramitzky, @leah_boustan , and coauthors. Fantastic workshop on family and migration in Paris 👏🏾