opportunities as a way to deter further illegal immigration and as such is likely to increase poverty among an already marginalized … salary employment rate for the vast majority of workers in Arizona. Only among the workers most likely to be unauthorized …We analyze the impact of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on employment outcomes of low-skilled Arizona …

Arizona. These findings are concentrated on the largest demographic group of workers – non-Hispanic white men. While they are …We examine the impact of state level legislation against the hiring of unauthorized immigrants on employment … effects of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on employment outcomes of low-skilled native-born and legal immigrant …

employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the exception of high-skilled unauthorized immigrants, the data fail to reveal …Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent … evidence of improved employment outcomes attributable to legal status. In light of evidence that unauthorized immigrants …

Legal and illegal markets often coexist. In theory, marginal legalization can either substitute for the remaining …

Combining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the …

The recent impetus of tougher immigration-related measures passed at the state-level raises concerns about the impact … of such measures on the migration experience, trajectory and future plans of unauthorized immigrants. In a recent and … unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a …

The recent impetus of tougher immigration-related measures passed at the state-level raises concerns about the impact … of such measures on the migration experience, trajectory and future plans of unauthorized immigrants. In a recent and … unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a …

We investigate the effectiveness of Arizona's omnibus immigration law SB1070, which made it a misdemeanor crime for an … alien to not carry proper documentation and asked police to determine the immigration status of any person suspected of … being an illegal alien during a lawful stop. We find that SB1070's enactment coincided with the stalling to slight recovery …

changes in the relative earnings of Hispanic men during a period of dramatic change in public and private policies toward race … contrast how lower income Hispanic and African-American men fared during the civil rights era relative to lower-income non-Hispanic … significant acceleration following the Civil Rights Act in the relative earnings of low-income Hispanic men. …