This paper exploits the exogenous and differential immigrant supply shocks caused by the immigration quota system in the 1920s to identify the causal effects of the immigration restriction on the US manufacturing wages, the Great Migration, and industrial production between 1920 and 1930. I find...

This paper exploits the exogenous and differential immigrant supply shocks caused by the immigration quota system in the 1920s to identify the causal effects of the immigration restriction on the US manufacturing wages, the Great Migration, and industrial production between 1920 and 1930. I find...

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...