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Title: The Effects of Immigration and Sanctuary Statutes on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This study responds to three recent phenomena in immigration policy and the United States labor market: the growing ambiguity of localities’ roles in immigration enforcement, the influx of lower-skilled immigrants, and the expansion of employmentpreferences in immigrant admissions. Building on pre-existing labor market literature, this paper examines the impact of sanctuary statutes and citizenship on natives’ average wages and unemployment rates in U.S. cities. “Sanctuary statutes” are city-level ordinances that ban municipal employees from gathering information about a resident’s legal status and prohibit the use of city funds for federal immigration enforcement. These policies have given rise to a debate about the type of immigrants drawn to sanctuary cities and their subsequent impacts. Using Census data from 1980-2000, this study segments the foreign-born population into naturalized citizens and noncitizen immigrants. The findings indicate whether or not an immigrant has attained U.S. citizenship bears a greater impact upon native’s labor market outcomes than the presence of sanctuary . . .

Url: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.918.4582&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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Authors: Marra, Lauren

Institution: Georgetown University

Department: Public Policy

Advisor: Yuriy Pylypchuk

Degree: MA

Publisher Location: Washington, DC

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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