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On Estimating the Effects of Immigrant Legalization: Do U.S. Agricultural Workers Really Benefit?

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  • Breno Sampaio
  • Gustavo Ramos Sampaio
  • Yony Sampaio

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The question of whether legalization affects immigrants' economic returns has been the focus of many empirical studies in recent decades. Results have consistently shown that there are significant wage differences between legal and illegal workers. However, the validity of such findings has been questioned, given the lack of good identification strategies to account for omitted variables. In this article we propose using techniques designed to address the issue of selection into treatment based (to some degree) on unobservables. Our results suggest that lower skill levels--not discrimination--explain differences in immigrants' economic outcomes. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.

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  • Breno Sampaio & Gustavo Ramos Sampaio & Yony Sampaio, 2013. "On Estimating the Effects of Immigrant Legalization: Do U.S. Agricultural Workers Really Benefit?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 95(4), pages 932-948.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:95:y:2013:i:4:p:932-948
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    1. González, Felipe & Miguel, Edward, 2015. "War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 30-33.
    2. Fabio Méndez & Facundo Sepúlveda & Nieves Valdés, 2016. "Legalization and human capital accumulation," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 29(3), pages 721-756, July.
    3. Francesco Fasani, 2015. "Understanding the Role of Immigrants’ Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, vol. 61(3-4), pages 722-763.
    4. Bradford L. Barham & Ana P. Melo & Thomas Hertz, 2020. "Earnings, Wages, and Poverty Outcomes of US Farm and Low‐Skill Workers," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 42(2), pages 307-334, June.
    5. Ifft, Jennifer & Jodlowski, Margaret, 2016. "Is ICE Freezing US Agriculture? The Impact of Local Immigration Enforcement on Farm Profitability and Structure," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235950, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    6. Wang, Sun Ling & Loduca, Natalie, 2023. "The changing values of the U.S. farm workers’ legal status and labor quality in the U.S. farm workforce," 2024 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2024, San Antonio, Texas 339078, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    7. Francesco Fasani, 2015. "Understanding the Role of Immigrants’ Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo, vol. 61(3-4), pages 722-763.
    8. Richards, Timothy J., 2018. "Immigration Reform and Farm Labor Markets," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274165, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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