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where they can be more productive. Yet immigration laws severely constrain such movement. …
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to immigration violations and increased awareness of immigration raids impact their labor market outcomes. We find that … immigration policies has little impact on these results. …
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For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration restrictions on income distribution in the host country. Recently the literature has taken a new direction by estimating the costs of migration restrictions to global economic efficiency. In contrast, a new strand of research...
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prior estimates by including ripple effects beyond the wages earned or taxes paid directly by migrants. The sharp reduction …
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research on immigration, political behaviour and collective action. …
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We use data from the New Immigrant Survey (NIS) for data on immigrants who were legalized based on family ties or small-scale legalization programs, and the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) for data on immigrants legalized by the IRCA. Estimates suggest that the increase in wage after...
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An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers …' seasonal agricultural workers from the United States, with the stated goal of raising wages and employment for domestic farm ….S. agricultural wages or employment, and find that important mechanisms for this result include both adoption of less labor …
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differently in a host country's labor market, we examine employment and wages for these groups over time after arrival. There is … in employment rates than it is in wages. We also discuss how refugees are distinct in terms of other factors affecting …
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experienced increased wages as a result of receiving amnesty through the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act during the 1990s …
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markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration … recommended for immigration. …
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