Based on county-level data and linked individual samples, I examine the labor market effect of the negative immigration shock caused by theUS immigration quota system between 1920 and 1930 and identifies the causal impact of immigration restrictions on the Great Black Migration. I find that...

Based on county-level aggregate data and linked individual census samples, I examine the labor market effect of the negative immigration shock caused by the US immigration quota system between 1920 and 1930 and identifies the causal impact of immigration restrictions on the Great Black...