1 option
How Good are Proxies for Legal Status? Evidence from the Legalization of Two Million Mexicans / Elizabeth U. Cascio, Ethan G. Lewis, Chengguo Zhang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cascio, Elizabeth U.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w32632.
- NBER working paper series no. w32632
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2024.
- Summary:
- Two million Mexicans were granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). We find that a prominent proxy for legal status poorly detects this event. A decade after legalization, the share of Mexicans who are likely legal according to this proxy shows little change in survey data. Estimates rule out increases of three and eight percentage points relative to comparison groups of Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively - figures well below expectations based on administrative data. In contrast, an actual measure of status, citizenship, does rise in line with administrative facts.
- Notes:
- June 2024.
- Print version record
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.