Arbeitspapier
Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children's Human Capital
We study the spillover effects of immigration enforcement policies on children's human capital. Exploiting the temporal and geographic variation in the enactment of immigration enforcement policies, we find that the English language skills of US-born children with at least one undocumented parent are negatively affected by the introduction of these policies. Changes in parental investment behavior cause this reduction in children's English skills. Parents are less likely to enroll their children in formal non-mandatory preschool, substituting formal non-mandatory preschool education with parental time at home. Parents also reduce time spent on leisure and socializing, providing children with fewer opportunities to interact and learn from others. Ultimately, these developments reduce children's long-term educational success. Exposure to immigration enforcement during early childhood lowers the likelihood of high school completion. We also find negative, though imprecise, effects on college enrollment.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15624
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Wirtschaft
Immigration Law
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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parental investment
children's language skills
children's human capital
Immigration policies
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Arenas-Arroyo, Esther
Schmidpeter, Bernhard
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2022
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Arenas-Arroyo, Esther
- Schmidpeter, Bernhard
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2022