Ethan Lewis

Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College

Ethan Lewis is a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, an External Research Fellow at the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration (University College London), a CESifo Fellow, and a co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. His research investigates how U.S. labor markets adjust to immigration and to technological change, including how employers adapt their production technology to the availability of immigrant workers. His newest work investigates the impact of U.S. immigration policies. His findings have appeared in top economics journals, including The Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, and the American Economic Journal. Ethan received his Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 2003.

Latest contributions 

Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
VoxEU Column

Restricting the hiring of low-skill immigrants hurts firms and does not benefit native-born workers: Evidence from a US visa lottery

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  • Labour Markets
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  • Migration
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VoxEU Column

The impact of immigration barriers on native workers: Evidence from the US exclusion of Mexican braceros

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  • Labour Markets
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  • Migration