Epstein Lecture 2022
The Effects of Immigration Restrictions on the Economy
Professor Philipp Ager
Online Public Event, Thursday 10 March 2022, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
This year's Epstein Lecturer is Professor Philipp Ager, an economic historian and applied microeconomist, whose research focuses on the historical development of Europe and the United States, in particular the development of the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Professor Ager will give his lecture on changes to immigration policy in 1920s America. In the early 20th century there were 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 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.
Philipp Ager is an economic historian and applied microeconomist, who focuses on the historical development of Europe and the United States, in particular the development of the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The event will be chaired by Patrick Wallis, Professor of Economic History at LSE.
You can find more information about this event and how to register here: The Effects of Immigration Restrictions on the Economy
Registration opens at 10am, Thursday 17 February 2022.