Shifting Patterns in Migration from Bordering Countries to Argentina: 1914–1970

Abstract

During the 20th Century the pattern of immigration to Argentina has changed in several important ways. During the 1914 to 1947 period, immigrants from border areas tended to locate in the interior areas which were experiencing economic growth. From 1947 to 1960 some of these immigrants began to locate in the Buenos Aires area, but the majority continued to settle in the interior which was now experiencing economic decline. During the 1960–1970 period, border country immigrants were settling predominantly in the Buenos Aires area where they sought work in the stagnant areas of the economy. These shifts in the geographic and occupational locations of immigrants from border countries reflect the role of immigration in the adaptation of the economy to crisis.