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1by Michael A. Clemens Ethan G. Lewis Hannah M. Postel Published in The American economic review (01.06.2018)“...An important class of active labor market policy has received little impact evaluation: immigration barriers intended to raise wages and employment by...”
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2“...How much can late schooling investments close racial and ethnic skill gaps? We investigate this question by exploiting the large differences in completed...”
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3by Elizabeth U. Cascio Ethan G. Lewis Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (01.08.2012)“...We examine whether low-skilled immigration to the United States has contributed to immigrants' residential isolation by reducing native demand for public...”
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4“...We explore how permanent residency affects personal income tax participation and net personal income tax payments using variation from the Immigration Reform...”
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5“...Physical capital represents an important input to the production of higher education--the essential services of buildings, equipment, and land--for which we...”
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6by Hannah M. Postel Published in Econ journal watch (01.03.2020)“...We respond to the three speculations of Robert Kaestner (2020) regarding our research in Clemens et al. (2018). First, Kaestner speculates about the robustness...”
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8“...In this chapter we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies...”
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10“...It is often asserted that a highly educated workforce is vital to improving the competitive position of American businesses, especially by boosting...”
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11“...An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers intended to improve the terms of...”
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12“...Over the 1980s and 1990s the wage differentials between men and women (with similar observable characteristics) declined significantly. At the same time, the...”
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15“..."Mexican immigrants were historically clustered in a few cities, mainly in California and Texas. During the past 15 years, however, arrivals from Mexico...”
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16“...Is the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) a measure of achievement or ability? The answer to this question is critical for drawing inferences from studies in...”
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17by Cascio, Elizabeth Gordon, Nora Lewis, Ethan Reber, Sarah Published in Journal of urban economics (2008)“...Brown v. Board of Education had little immediate effect on the dual system of education in the South; by the early 1970s, however, Southern schools were the...”
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20“...We examine how the large, one-time legalization authorized by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has affected the scale and character of immigration...”