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Title: Falling Through the Cracks? Grade Retention and School Dropout among Children of Likely Unauthorized Immigrants

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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ISSN: 0002-8282

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Abstract: We evaluate how intensified interior immigration enforcement impacts the likelihood that children of unauthorized immigrants will repeat a grade or drop out of school. Using a weighted index of the intensity of interior immigration enforcement at the MSA level, we find that increased enforcement has the largest impact on younger children ages 6 to 13. The estimates, which account for the non-random residential location of children and their families, reveal that increased enforcement raises young children's probability of repeating a grade by 6 percent and their likelihood of dropping out of school by 25.2 percent.

Url: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.p20151113

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Authors: Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Lopez, Mary J.

Periodical (Full): American Economic Review

Issue: 5

Volume: 105

Pages: 598-603

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States