The Economic Effects of Providing Legal Status to DREAMers

This study quantifies the economic effects of two major immigration policies aimed at legalizing undocumented individuals that entered the United States as children and completed high school: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the DREAM Act. The former offers only temporary legal stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ortega Francesc, Edwards Ryan, Hsin Amy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-08-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Policy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2019-0005