Leah Boustan

Leah Boustan

Princeton University

H-index: 30

North America-United States

About Leah Boustan

Leah Boustan, With an exceptional h-index of 30 and a recent h-index of 28 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Princeton University, specializes in the field of US Economic History, Labor Economics, Urban Economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Law‐​ Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US‐​ Born, 1870–2020

Introduction to special issue of Journal of Urban Economics: Race, Social Justice, and Cities

JUE insight: White flight from Asian immigration: Evidence from California public schools

JUE Insight: Condominium development does not lead to gentrification

The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century

Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1850–2020

The effect of immigration restrictions on local labor markets: Lessons from the 1920s border closure

White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools

Leah Boustan Information

University

Position

Professor of Economics

Citations(all)

6816

Citations(since 2020)

4470

Cited By

4060

hIndex(all)

30

hIndex(since 2020)

28

i10Index(all)

43

i10Index(since 2020)

39

Email

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Leah Boustan Skills & Research Interests

US Economic History

Labor Economics

Urban Economics

Top articles of Leah Boustan

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Law‐​ Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US‐​ Born, 1870–2020

Ran Abramitzky

Juan David Torres

Leah Platt Boustan

Elisa Jácome

Santiago Pérez

2024/1

Introduction to special issue of Journal of Urban Economics: Race, Social Justice, and Cities

Leah Boustan

David Neumark

2024/5/1

JUE insight: White flight from Asian immigration: Evidence from California public schools

Journal of Urban Economics

Leah Boustan

Christine Cai

Tammy Tseng

2023/3/24

JUE Insight: Condominium development does not lead to gentrification

Journal of Urban Economics

Leah Boustan

Robert A Margo

Matthew M Miller

James Reeves

Justin Steil

2023/1/1

The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century

Sociological Science

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Peter Catron

Dylan Connor

Rob Voigt

2023/11/3

Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1850–2020

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Platt Boustan

Elisa Jácome

Santiago Pérez

Juan David Torres

2023/7/10

The effect of immigration restrictions on local labor markets: Lessons from the 1920s border closure

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Ran Abramitzky

Philipp Ager

Leah Boustan

Elior Cohen

Casper W Hansen

2023/1/1

White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools

Leah Platt Boustan

Christine Cai

Tammy Tseng

2023/7/10

Factory Automation and Declining Trust in Institutions in the 1970s and 1980s

NBER Chapters

Leah Platt Boustan

Jiwon Choi

David Clingingsmith

2023

Automation after the assembly line: computerized machine tools, employment and productivity in the United States

Leah Platt Boustan

Jiwon Choi

David Clingingsmith

2022/8/29

Computational analysis of 140 years of US political speeches reveals more positive but increasingly polarized framing of immigration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dallas Card

Serina Chang

Chris Becker

Julia Mendelsohn

Rob Voigt

...

2022/8/2

Streets of gold: America's untold story of immigrant success

The Journal of Economic History

Zachary Ward

2022/9

Refugees without Assistance: English-Language Attainment and Economic Outcomes in the Early Twentieth Century

SocArXiv. December

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Peter Catron

Dylan Connor

Rob Voigt

2022/10/7

Automated linking of historical data

Journal of Economic Literature

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Katherine Eriksson

James Feigenbaum

Santiago Pérez

2021/9/1

Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in the United States over two centuries

American Economic Review

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Elisa Jacome

Santiago Perez

2021/2

The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: white southerners after the Civil War

American Economic Review

Philipp Ager

Leah Boustan

Katherine Eriksson

2021/11/1

The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure

Ran Abramitzky

Philipp Ager

Leah Platt Boustan

Elior Cohen

Casper Worm Hansen

2021/9/30

Discrimination and the returns to cultural assimilation in the age of mass migration

AEA Papers and Proceedings

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Katherine Eriksson

Stephanie Hao

2020/5/1

Do immigrants assimilate more slowly today than in the past?

American Economic Review: Insights

Ran Abramitzky

Leah Boustan

Katherine Eriksson

2020/3/1

The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data

Journal of Urban Economics

Leah Platt Boustan

Matthew E Kahn

Paul W Rhode

Maria Lucia Yanguas

2020/7/1

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