The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: East, Chloe N.; Hines, Annie L.; Luck, Philip; Mansour, Hani; Velasquez, Andrea
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/721152
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 957-996
• 关键词: legal status; IMPACT; emigration; wages; migration; earnings; mandates; demand; state

摘要

We examine the labor market effects of Secure Communities (SC), a police-based immigration enforcement policy implemented in 2008-13. Using variation in implementation across local areas and over time, we find that SC decreased the employment of likely undocumented immigrants. These effects are driven not only by deportations but also by adjustments among immigrants who remain in the United States. Importantly, SC also decreased the employment and hourly wages of US-born individuals. We provide support for two mechanisms that could explain this decline in labor demand: an increase in labor costs that decreases job creation and a reduction in local consumption.