TY - JOUR
T1 - International Migration Responses to Modern Europe's Most Destructive Earthquake
T2 - Messina and Reggio Calabria, 1908
AU - Spitzer, Yannay
AU - Tortorici, Gaspare
AU - Zimran, Ariell
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2025.
PY - 2025/9/1
Y1 - 2025/9/1
N2 - The Messina-Reggio Calabria Earthquake (1908) was one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern European history. It occurred when overseas mass emigration from southern Italy was at its peak and international borders were open, making emigration a readily available option for relief. We find that the earthquake had no large positive impact on emigration on average. There were, however, heterogeneous responses, with a more positive effect where agricultural day laborers comprised a larger share of the labor force, suggesting that attachment to the land limited an emigration response.
AB - The Messina-Reggio Calabria Earthquake (1908) was one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern European history. It occurred when overseas mass emigration from southern Italy was at its peak and international borders were open, making emigration a readily available option for relief. We find that the earthquake had no large positive impact on emigration on average. There were, however, heterogeneous responses, with a more positive effect where agricultural day laborers comprised a larger share of the labor force, suggesting that attachment to the land limited an emigration response.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011653712
U2 - 10.1017/s0022050725100843
DO - 10.1017/s0022050725100843
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AN - SCOPUS:105011653712
SN - 0022-0507
VL - 85
SP - 617
EP - 663
JO - Journal of Economic History
JF - Journal of Economic History
IS - 3
ER -
