Seeking sanctuary: Housing undocumented immigrants

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Christopher, Derek
• 署名单位: Stanford University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1520-7098
• DOI: 10.1002/pam.22494
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1065-1091
• 关键词: search model; DISCRIMINATION; ENFORCEMENT; mobility; secure; prices; MARKET; reduce; IMPACT

摘要

This paper studies housing market outcomes of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and explores the mechanisms behind the differential prices that immigrants pay for shelter. I show that undocumented renters pay a premium for housing relative to observably similar, documented, immigrant renters occupying similar housing. Building on theory and suggestive evidence that the premium is the result of search frictions driven by fear of deportation, I employ a triple-differences strategy to evaluate the impacts of sanctuary city policies on housing market outcomes of undocumented immigrants. I find that sanctuary city policies, which limit immigration enforcement, reduce housing costs of undocumented renters, suggesting such policies mitigate search frictions for this group.