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Title: Where We Are From Matters: Assessing the Impact of Immigrants on Facility Environmental Performance

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 0065-0668

DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.70

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Abstract: This study examines the impact of immigrant populations on firm environmental performance. Leveraging a longitudinal dataset of more than 11,000 manufacturing facilities in the US in which I match the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) facility toxic emissions data with the location’s census immigration data, I document the negative impact of local immigrant populations on a facility’s environmental performance, which strengthens as heterogeneity among immigrant increases. I argue that this is because a more heterogeneous community is less cohesive and hence less capable of organizing effective pressures against pollution. Further, I show that because co-nationality links create unique bonds between the facility and local immigrants, the negative relationship declines as more immigrants originate from the same home country as a facility’s parent firm. These results are robust to the use of an instrumental variable approach and a wide variety of alternative specifications and subsamples. These findings suggest that local community pressures may be limited in driving better environmental outcomes.

Url: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.70

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Authors: Lee, Narae

Periodical (Full): Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings

Issue: 1

Volume: 2022

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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