The working paper version of our forthcoming Sociological Science article is now up. Refugees achieved greater English proficiency than economic migrants during the Ellis Island era, according to detailed linguistic measures from a large collection of oral histories www.nber.org/papers/w31730

Anyone have any thoughts on how to make this chart on sex ratios of entering immigrants prettier?

Mexican refugees by sex and place of birth 1910-20.

Ok, just moved to sciences.social server. Trying a gif here. Percent skilled migration between 1880-1900 (delay at the beginning).