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Title: The Changing Family Structure of American Children with Unauthorized Parents

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Tougher immigration enforcement has been responsible for 1.8 million deportations between 2009 and 2013 alone, most of them involving fathers and heads of household. We exploit the geographic and temporal variation in intensified enforcement to gauge its impact on children’s propensity to reside in households singly-headed by mothers with absentee spouses, or without their parents in households headed by relatives or friends. Given the emotional, cognitive and long-run socioeconomic costs of being raised in single-headed households or without parents, gaining a better understanding of the collateral damage of heightened enforcement on the families to which these children belong is warranted.

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Authors: Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther

Publisher: San Diego State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other, Work, Family, and Time

Countries: United States