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

Joe Long, Carlo Medici, Nancy Qian, Marco Tabellini

This paper investigates the economic consequences of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned immigration from China to the United States. The Act reduced the number of Chinese workers of all skill levels residing in the U.S. 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

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Year of publication:	October 2024
Authors:	Long, Joe ; Medici, Carlo ; Qian, Nancy ; Tabellini, Marco
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (issuing body)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research
Subject:	Chinesen \| Chinese (People) \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Geschichte \| History \| USA \| United States