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The Expected Impact of State Immigration Legislation on Labor Market Outcomes
Author(s) -
Hotchkiss Julie L.,
QuispeAgnoli Myriam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.21664
Subject(s) - legislation , immigration , state (computer science) , immigration policy , employment protection legislation , business , labour economics , immigration law , economics , demographic economics , political science , law , economic growth , unemployment , algorithm , computer science
In response to the dramatic rise in the number of unauthorized immigrants to the U nited S tates, every state has passed some form of immigration legislation. These laws appear to be predicated on a belief that unauthorized immigrants impose greater costs than benefits to state and local communities, including the labor market. The purpose of this paper is to examine some evidence on what workers should expect if the immigration legislation is successful in eliminating undocumented workers from states' labor markets. © 2012 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.