The history of immigration quotas

Leah Boustan interviewed by Tim Phillips, 21 February 2020

A century ago, American nativists succeeded in establishing immigration quotas to drive up the wages of US workers. What happened next? Not what you might think, Leah Boustan tells Tim Phillips.

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Topics:  Labour markets Migration Poverty and income inequality

Tags:  US, migration, Labour Markets

Leah Boustan

Professor of Economics at Princeton

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