Historical Immigration Policies: Trends and Lessons

Table 2.

Countries in the dataset

Region	Country
Colonial settler states	United States (1790–2010)^∗
	Australia (1787–2010)^∗
	Canada (1783–2010)^∗
	New Zealand (1840–2010)^∗
	South Africa (1806–2010)^∗
	Argentina (1810–2010)^∗
	Brazil (1808–2010)^∗
	Botswana (1966–2013)^†
	Venezuela (1950–2013)^†
	Chile (1950–2013)^†
Europe	United Kingdom (1792–2010)^∗
	France (1793–2010)^∗
	Germany (1871–2010)^∗
	Netherlands (1815–2010)^∗
	Switzerland (1848-2010)^∗
	Austria (1789–2010)^†‡
	Belgium (1830–2010)^†‡
	Denmark (1789–2010)^†‡
	Finland (1917–2010)^‡
	Ireland (1922–2010)^†‡
	Italy (1861–2010)^‡
	Norway (1789–2010)^†‡
	Spain (1789–2013)^†‡
	Sweden (1789–2010)^†‡
East Asia	Japan (1868–2010)^∗
	Hong Kong (1843–2010)^∗
	Singapore (1955–2010)^∗
	South Korea (1948–2010)^∗
	Taiwan (1949–2010)^∗
Persian Gulf	Saudi Arabia (1950–2010)^∗
	Kuwait (1961–2010)^∗

Region	Country
Colonial settler states	United States (1790–2010)^∗
	Australia (1787–2010)^∗
	Canada (1783–2010)^∗
	New Zealand (1840–2010)^∗
	South Africa (1806–2010)^∗
	Argentina (1810–2010)^∗
	Brazil (1808–2010)^∗
	Botswana (1966–2013)^†
	Venezuela (1950–2013)^†
	Chile (1950–2013)^†
Europe	United Kingdom (1792–2010)^∗
	France (1793–2010)^∗
	Germany (1871–2010)^∗
	Netherlands (1815–2010)^∗
	Switzerland (1848-2010)^∗
	Austria (1789–2010)^†‡
	Belgium (1830–2010)^†‡
	Denmark (1789–2010)^†‡
	Finland (1917–2010)^‡
	Ireland (1922–2010)^†‡
	Italy (1861–2010)^‡
	Norway (1789–2010)^†‡
	Spain (1789–2013)^†‡
	Sweden (1789–2010)^†‡
East Asia	Japan (1868–2010)^∗
	Hong Kong (1843–2010)^∗
	Singapore (1955–2010)^∗
	South Korea (1948–2010)^∗
	Taiwan (1949–2010)^∗
Persian Gulf	Saudi Arabia (1950–2010)^∗
	Kuwait (1961–2010)^∗

Countries denoted by ^{∗, †}, and ^‡ were coded by Peters (2015, 2017), Shin (2017, 2019), and Boräng, Kalm, and Lindvall (2020,2022), respectively. ^† and ^‡ together denote countries examined by both Shin (2017, 2019) and Boräng, Kalm, and Lindvall (2020, 2022) but follow the dataset of Boräng, Kalm, and Lindvall (2020, 2022) for its extensive time series.

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