Migration Talks: Who Gets to Rise? Immigrant mobility through the lens of data, history, and policy.

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In this episode of Migration Talks, Professor Leah Boustan (Princeton University) explores what shapes upward mobility for immigrants and who actually gets to rise.

Using research, historical records, big data and today’s technology, Boustan takes us through the story of how immigrants and their children find their path. What do we get wrong when we idealize past success stories? How do today’s children of immigrants compare to previous generations? And what role do education, neighborhoods and policy play in shaping long-term outcomes?

Resources mentioned:
Book: Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success (Leah Boustan & Ran Abramitzky)
Research: Computational analysis of 140 years of US political speeches
reveals more positive but increasingly polarized framing of
immigration by Boustan et al.

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