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Dreaming of Leaving the Nest? Immigration Status and the Living Arrangements of DACAmented
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This study investigates the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on the living arrangements and housing behavior of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Using an event-study approach and difference-in-differences (DID) estimates, we compared immigrants above and below...
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Deterring Illegal Entry : Migrant Sanctions and Recidivism in Border Apprehensions
Bazzi, Samuel - 2018
Over 2008 to 2012, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted new sanctions on migrants apprehended attempting to enter the U …
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Illegal Immigration : The Trump Effect
Hoekstra, Mark; Orozco-Aleman, Sandra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of increasingly provocative anti-immigrant politicians in both Europe and the United States. We examine whether the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who made illegal immigration and border enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, reduced illegal...
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How do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?
Kovak, Brian K. - 2020
We examine how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration … potential Mexican migrants have an extremely low probability of ever being able to legally move to the U.S. We develop a dynamic … increase in permanent legalization without resulting in very large increases in the total stock of migrants residing in the U …
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The Rise and Fall of U.S. Low-Skilled Immigration
Hanson, Gordon - 2017
From the 1970s to the early 2000s, the United States experienced an epochal wave of low-skilled immigration. Since the Great Recession, however, U.S. borders have become a far less active place when it comes to the net arrival of foreign workers. The number of undocumented immigrants has...
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Driving Towards Integration : Early Childhood Education Implications of Extending Driving Privileges to Undocumented Immigrants
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Deza, Monica; Kostandini, Genti - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We estimate the effect of granting access to driver licenses to undocumented immigrants on their offspring's access to early childhood education (ECE). Using individual-level data from the ACS, we find that granting driving privileges to undocumented immigrants leads to a 6% increase in ECE...
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The Refugee Advantage : English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century
Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Catron, Peter; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
a large archive of recorded oral history interviews to understand linguistic attainment of migrants who arrived in the … migrants achieved a greater depth of English vocabulary than did economic/family migrants, a finding that holds even when … comparing migrants from the same country of origin or religious group. This study improves on previous research on immigrant …
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that immigrants often, but not always, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant...
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Immigration Policy Levers for US Innovation and Startups
Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2020
migrants move to America for employment-based purposes. We discuss points of strain in the current system and potential policy …
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Where Do U.S. Immigrants Come From, and Why?
Clark, Ximena - 2002
The United States has experienced rising immigration levels and changing source since the 1950s. The changes in source have been attributed to the 1965 Amendments to the Immigration Act that abolished country-quotas and replaced them with a system that emphasized family reunification. Some...
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