This paper analyzes the impact of IRCA 1986, a U.S. amnesty, on immigrants’human capital development and labor market outcomes. Because of IRCA, the 1975-1981 arrivals were all legalized by 1990. However, many of the 1982-1986 arrivalsremained illegal. Using the California Latino immigrants in...

The career prospects of newly recruited employees differ substantially within an organization.The stars experience a considerable growth in earnings; others can hardly maintain theirentry salaries. This article sheds light on the mechanisms generating the observedheterogeneity in earnings...

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...