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Immigration enforcement and labor supply: Hispanic youth in mixed-status families

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  • Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • José R. Bucheli

    (The University of Texas at El Paso)

  • Camila Morales

    (The University of Texas at Dallas)

Abstract

This study evaluates the labor supply behavior of US-born Hispanic youth in response to immigration enforcement. We draw on the added-worker effect and underscore immigration enforcement actions as a factor influencing labor supply decisions within immigrant families. We argue that while immigration enforcement reduces labor supply among non-citizens, the labor supply among US-born Hispanic youth in mixed-status families increases. Using the Current Population Survey and data on immigration-related arrests, we find that an unexpected surge in arrests increases labor force participation of US-born Hispanic youth by 6 percentage points and weekly hours worked by up to 20%.

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  • Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba & José R. Bucheli & Camila Morales, 2024. "Immigration enforcement and labor supply: Hispanic youth in mixed-status families," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 37(2), pages 1-38, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:37:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s00148-024-01022-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-024-01022-x
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    Keywords

    Immigration enforcement; Youth labor supply; Mixed-status households; Added-worker effect;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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