The debate about immigration is usually framed around politics and labor markets. But the deeper story includes mobility. Who gets ahead, how, and why where they start determines so much about where you end up.

In this episode, Ben sits down with Leah Boustan, professor at Yale and co-author of Streets of Gold, to dig into what the data on immigration reveals about economic opportunity across generations.

Topics covered:

• Why immigration is an underappreciated driver of global mobility
• The Norway brothers study: why migrants earned double what their brothers who stayed earned, and why it had little to do with changing occupations
• What immigrants bring back when they return home and how that shapes sending countries
• How firms fit into immigrant assimilation
• Location and mobility: why i ...