The 1920s Immigration Clampdown | Economics, Applied | Hoover Institution

Explores how 1920s immigration restrictions affected wages using historical evidence and modern labor-market theory.

ImmigrationLabor marketsPodcast episodeintermediate1920s immigrationearningsimmigration clampdownlabor market effectsless skilled workersquotas and restrictionsSteven Davis

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• Hoover Institution · 2025-04-09

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