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Title: Comparing the Ethnicity Proxy and Residual Method: Applications to the State-level DREAM Acts and DACA

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 0094-5056

DOI: 10.1057/s41302-019-00156-1

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Abstract: Previous studies often use Hispanic non-citizens as a proxy to identify undocumented immigrants in survey data. This paper compares the ethnicity proxy with the residual method in identifying undocumented immigrants regarding two aspects: how closely they match ofcial statistics and how they difer when evaluating the efects of the state-level DREAM Acts and DACA on college enrollment and labor market outcomes. This study fnds that the residual method outperforms the Hispanic non-citizen proxy in matching the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services statistics of undocumented immigrants for a majority of variables. Consistent with the previous literature, results from both methods fnd that the state-level DREAM Acts increase college enrollment, while DACA decreases college enrollment and increases the probability of working. The residual method produces policy efect estimates in the same direction as does the Hispanic non-citizen proxy approach, but larger in magnitude for DACA.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41302-019-00156-1

Url: http://link.springer.com/10.1057/s41302-019-00156-1

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Authors: Liu, Xintong; Song, Yang

Periodical (Full): Eastern Economic Journal

Issue: 1

Volume: 46

Pages: 82-101

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration

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