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Immigration Policy and Hispanics' Willingness to Run for Office

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Bucheli, Jose R. - 2020

For the first time in U.S. history, approximately 10 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives is Hispanic. The greater engagement of Hispanics in national politics has occurred after unprecedented growth in interior immigration enforcement disproportionately impacting Latinos. Using...

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International Student Enrollments and Selectivity: Evidence from the Optional Practical Training Program

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Shih, Kevin Y.; Xu, Huanan - 2020

an additional attempt at securing more permanent employment through an H-1B visa. We find sizable positive treatment …

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U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigrant Fertility

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther - 2020

Using the 2005-2014 waves of the American Community Survey –a period characterized by the rapid expansion of interior immigration enforcement initiatives across the United States, we evaluate the impact of a tougher policy environment on undocumented immigrants' fertility. We find that a one...

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COVID-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2020

data on various employment and socio- demographic characteristics from the monthly Current Population Survey from January …

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Immigration Policy and the Rise of Self-Employment among Mexican Immigrants

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - 2020

Over the past two decades, the U.S. has seen a drastic growth in self-employment among Mexican immigrants, the largest … self-employment among other disadvantaged minority groups such as blacks and even a significant decline among whites … immigrants into self-employment as an alternative livelihood. Exploiting temporal and geographic variation in immigration …

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Did OPT Policy Changes Help Steer and Retain Foreign Talent into Stem?

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Furtado, Delia; Xu, Huanan - 2018

Academia and the public media have emphasized the link between STEM majors and innovation, as well as the need for STEM graduates in the U.S. economy. Given the proclivity of international students to hold STEM degrees, immigration policy may be used to attract and retain high-skilled STEM...

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Refugee Admissions and Public Safety: Are Refugee Settlement Areas More Prone to Crime?

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Bansak, Cynthia; Pozo, Susan - 2018

According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of refugees worldwide rose to 21.3 million in 2015. Yet, resistance to the welcoming of refugees appears to have grown. The possibility that refugees may commit acts of terrorism or engage in criminal behavior has served as...

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Weakness in emerging markets weighs on global growth

Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Hauber, Philipp; Jannsen, Nils; … - 2015

The world economy is expanding at a more moderate pace with growth momentum continuing to shift from emerging to advanced economies. World GDP will increase by 3.3 per cent this year - even some-what less than the already modest growth in the recent past. For 2016 and 2017 we expect growth to...

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World Economy Spring 2016 - Clouded outlook for the world economy

Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Hauber, Philipp; Jannsen, Nils; … - 2016

Global growth has slowed down recently. While the world economy should gradually regain pace over the coming quarters, overall growth momentum is expected to remain subdued. The recent drop in oil prices has not improved the outlook as it to a substantial degree signals weaker demand;...

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World Economy Autumn 2016 - World economic growth to pick up only gradually

Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Hauber, Philipp; Kooths, Stefan; … - 2016

During the first half of the year global growth remained sluggish. While activity in emerging economies stabilized, growth in advanced economies softened. Over the next two years, we expect the world economy to pick up pace gradually, although without turning into a strong synchronized global...

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