Stanford economist Ran Abramitzky discusses the research process and findings of his new book, "Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success." He and co-author Leah Boustan, an economics professor at Princeton University, looked at data from millions of immigrants and their descendants over time to understand their trajectories and found that recent immigrants to the United States are as successful as those who came 100 years ago. Abramitzky and Boustan's pioneering work provides facts for the modern debate about immigration, which is often based on myth and anecdote.

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Ran Abramitzky, the senior associate dean for the social sciences, Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor, professor of economics in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research