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Title: Estimating the Effect of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on DREAMers
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was an immigration policy which allowed approximately 1.5-2 million undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children (also known as DREAMers) who met specific eligibility criteria to apply for and receive temporary deportation relief and work authorization. This paper seeks to quantify the effect that DACA had on the labor market outcomes of DREAMers, as well as its effects on schooling and healthcare. I utilize a two-stage difference-indifferences design using data from the American Community Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and find that DACA significantly increased the likelihood of working, moving about 10 percent of the DREAMer population into the labor force and employment, and decreasing unemployment by 3.8 percentage points. I also report that DACA increased incomes among DREAMers, as well as health insurance coverage, but had no effect on school attendance. Furthermore, I find that the effects of DACA are unequal, with DREAMers lower in the income distribution gaining the most from it. *
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Authors: Lim, Martin
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other
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