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Title: Essays on the Economic Implications of Immigration and Diversity
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: This dissertation presents three studies exploring the impact of immigration and diversity and policies governing the two on a set of productive and behavioral outcomes. Migration is a fundamental aspect of modern economic activity, and as geographic mobility increases and the world continues to become more integrated, challenges associated with the movement of people are likely to arise. These studies contribute to our understanding of the complex consequences of immigration and related policies, focusing particularly on the United States. As high-skilled immigration has accelerated in recent decades, the workforces of developed nations has become more diverse. The first chapter, “Cross-Ethnic Diversity and Innovative Output”, explores the implications of this diversity in the context of scientific and innovative productivity. Beyond the admissions of skilled scientists, immigration policy can of course affect a much wider range of populations. In the second chapter, “Immigration Relief and Insurance Coverage: Evidence from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA), I turn to studying a subset of undocumented immigrants. This chapter examines the effect of a U.S. executive order protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children on health insurance coverage. Another topical concern in public discourse on immigration is the idea that more immigration is associated with elevated crime. The third chapter, “Does Refugee Inflow Affect Urban Crime? Evidence from Miami and Houston”, seeks to shed light on this concern by studying two large-scale refugee settlement episodes in U.S. cities: the 1978 Vietnamese refugee settlement in Houston, and the 1980 Mariel Boatlift in Miami.
Url: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=osu1586366017558288
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Authors: Bae, Jung Dae
Institution: Ohio State University
Department: Economics
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Publisher Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Topics: Crime and Deviance, Migration and Immigration, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography, Race and Ethnicity
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