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Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program

Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program AbstractAre there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for refugees as their arrival dates are exogenously determined through the US Refugee Resettlement program. A one percentage point increase in the arrival national unemployment rate reduces refugee wages by 1.98% and employment probability by 1.57 percentage points after 5 years. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IZA Journal of Development and Migration de Gruyter

Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program

IZA Journal of Development and Migration , Volume 11 (1): 1 – Dec 17, 2020

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2020 Joshua Mask, published by Sciendo
ISSN
2520-1786
DOI
10.2478/izajodm-2020-0021
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Abstract

AbstractAre there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for refugees as their arrival dates are exogenously determined through the US Refugee Resettlement program. A one percentage point increase in the arrival national unemployment rate reduces refugee wages by 1.98% and employment probability by 1.57 percentage points after 5 years.

Journal

IZA Journal of Development and Migrationde Gruyter

Published: Dec 17, 2020

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