In this paper, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring economic prosperity …. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced by World War I and the … Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants' location decision relying on pre-existing settlement patterns. I find …

In this paper, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and study the causes of … anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced … by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants' location decision relying on pre …

In this paper, I jointly investigate the political and the economic effects of immigration, and study the causes of … anti-immigrant sentiments. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to US cities between 1910 and 1930 induced … by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants’ location decision relying on pre …

early 20th century, I study immigration’s cross-generation effect on the native-born. I examine the causal impact of …-level immigration exposure. I show that childhood exposure to immigrants increases natives’ occupation ranks in adulthood, and children … of high-skilled fathers enjoy more benefits than their peers. The results suggest that immigration intensifies cross …

young American people. Unlike other states, the USA is a nation founded on waves of immigrants coming from different parts … migration of the Irish and Germans to the USA at the middle of the 19th century. They had an important contribution to the …

young American people. Unlike other states, the USA is a nation founded on waves of immigrants coming from different parts … migration of the Irish and Germans to the USA at the middle of the 19th century. They had an important contribution to the …