Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282365 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10677
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
I exploit the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which legalized millions of Hispanic migrants in the USA, to study the impact of immigrant legalization on schooling outcomes. Although undocumented migrants are entitled to public education, I find significant post-legalization increases in student enrollment and student-to-teacher ratios in public schools with greater exposure to IRCA migrants. This effect is driven by increased Hispanic enrollment, while whites sort out of public education and into private schooling. The IRCA differentially increases Hispanic school board members and school expenditure, highlighting legal status as a driver of Hispanic human capital accumulation and representation.
Subjects: 
schooling
human capital
minority representation
legal status
JEL: 
I21
J15
H52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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