Abstract - The Effect of Immigration Restrictions on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure

In the early 20th century, with few restrictions on entry for Europeans, close to one million immigrants arrived on the nation's shores each year. This ended in the 1920s with a series of increasingly restrictive immigration quotas, eventually limiting entry from affected countries to 150,000 a year. Professor Philipp Ager will discuss the socio-economic consequences this policy had for the US population at that time, and what lessons can be learned from it.

Biography

Prof. Ager is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and an editorial board member at Explorations in Economic History. His research combines insights from economic history and applied microeconomics to examine questions related to immigration, demography, and structural change.

More information about Prof. Ager

Contact: across@uni.lu

An event supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (PRIDE19/14302992) and (RESCOM/2024/LE/18786706)

Doctoral Lecture Series with Philipp Ager (Universität Mannheim)