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Seminar

The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S.

When:
TUE, 17 JUN 2025
From:
2:00 PM
To:
3:30 PM
Where:
LISER 1st floor, Salle Conference (Jane Jacobs)

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) 
11, Porte des Sciences | L-4366 Esch/Alzette 

Salle Conference (Jane Jacobs)
With:
Marco Tabellini
Marco E. Tabellini
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This paper investigates the economic consequences of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned immigration from China. The Act reduced the number of Chinese workers of all skill levels living in the United States. It also reduced the labor supply and the quality of jobs held by white and U.S.-born workers, the intended beneficiaries of the Act, and reduced manufacturing output. The results suggest that the Chinese Exclusion Act slowed economic growth in western states until at least 1940.

Co-authors: Joe Long, Carlo Medici, Nancy Qian.

Speakers
Marco Tabellini
Marco E. Tabellini
Harvard Business School
A political economist with strong interest in economic history and labor economics. His research is centered around the political and economic effects of migration, both in the short and in the long run. He also seeks to understand which factors facilitate or hinder immigrant assimilation, how the presence of different ethnic groups in a society influences inter-group relations, and to what extent migration might foster the political and the social integration of under-represented segments of the population.
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