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This paper examines whether allowing certain undocumented immigrants to legalize their status leads to additional illegal immigration. The authors focus on the effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which granted amnesty to over three million undocumented immigrants. They find...
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Nearly ten years since the official launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an understanding of what the initiative's objectives are consolidated. However, the short-, mid-, and long-term implications of the initiative are less clear. This is reflected in academic research, as well as in...
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This paper examines the effect of changes in migration determinants on the skill level of undocumented immigrants from Mexico. The authors focus on the effect of changes in economic conditions, migrant networks, and border enforcement on the educational attainment of Mexican-born men who cross...
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Whether immigrants are positively or negatively self-selected is much disputed. Whereas most previous studies have addressed this question by comparing the wages of immigrants to those of U.S. natives, this analysis uses occupation to examine the skill level of immigrants. Data on the...
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dramatically in recent years. Recent immigrants are concentrated in several states, particularly California. This paper examines …
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activities are more promising as British Columbia and California have started using market-based approaches recently. Against … results of the British Columbia Carbon Tax and the California Cap-and-Trade Program and evaluates them based on sustainability …
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investigates this effect empirically using data on California municipalities. For various reasons, a simple correlation between …
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This study uses employment data on California county-industry pairs (CIPs) between 1990 and 2016 to test whether … simulations suggest that a 10 percent increase could cause a 3.4 percent employment loss in the average CIP in California. The job … populated counties of California are expected to incur the largest employment loss in terms of the number of workers, the …
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California is world-renowned for the ability to produce world class quality wine. At the center of this achievement is …-wide data on the wine industry to compare Napa's success with other wine-producing regions of California, we can control for … different historical factors and economic conditions that temper most comparative wine studies. Many regions in California can …
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We estimate market power in California's thin water market. Market frictions may distort the potential welfare gains … typical water market setting. We then use this solution to estimate market power in a newly assembled dataset on California …
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