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Put on ICE? Effects of Immigration Raids in the Animal Slaughtering and Processing Industry

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  • Pia M. Orrenius
  • Madeline Zavodny

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The animal slaughtering and processing industry was the epicenter of work site immigration raids from 2006 to 2008 that were aimed at rooting out unauthorized immigrant workers in the United States. This study examines whether the industry shifted toward legal workers in the wake of the raids and whether wages, worker turnover, and other labor market outcomes changed as well. We find that the industry initially shifted toward legal foreign-born workers, particularly refugees, but the change faded over time. We also find a substantial increase in industry worker turnover, but not in average wages, at the national level.

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  • Pia M. Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny, 2022. "Put on ICE? Effects of Immigration Raids in the Animal Slaughtering and Processing Industry," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 386-390, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:112:y:2022:p:386-90
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221024
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • K37 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Immigration Law
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco

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