Peri, Giovanni; Yasenov, Vasil - 2017
We apply the Synthetic Control Method to re-examine the effects of the Mariel Boatlift, a large inflow of Cubans into … inference. Using data from the larger and more precise May-ORG Current Population Survey (CPS) one finds no significant … departure of wages and employment of low-skilled workers between Miami and its control after 1979. The result is robust to …