Municipal Reform and the Socioeconomic Integration of Immigrants: Evidence from De-Anonymized Census Data

• In Event: Immigrant Incorporation in American Cities

Brief Overview

How did Progressive era reforms affect the socioeconomic fortunes of immigrant vs. native-born communities in U.S. cities? We use deanonymized census data during 1900-1940 to examine this question with a difference-in-differences design.

Authors

• Maria Carreri, University of California-San Diego

• Julia Payson, New York University

• Daniel Thompson, University of California-Los Angeles