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Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Explaining U.S. Immigration, 1971–1998
Abstract
In this paper we develop and estimate a model to explain variations in immigration to the United States by source country since the early 1970s. The explanatory variables include ratios to the United States of source country income and education as well as relative inequality. In addition, we incorporate the stock of previous immigrants and a variety of variables representing different dimensions of the immigration quotas set by policy. We use the results to shed light on the impact of policy by simulating the effects of the key changes in immigration policy since the late 1970s. We also examine the factors that influenced the composition of U.S. immigration by source region over the entire period.
Publication
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume
89
Issue
2
Pages
359-373
Date
2007-05-01
DOI
10.1162/rest.89.2.359
ISSN
0034-6535
URL
https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.89.2.359
Call Number
openalex: W2013126609
Extra
openalex: W2013126609 mag: 2013126609
Citation
Clark, X., Hatton, T. J., & Williamson, J. G. (2007). Explaining U.S. Immigration, 1971–1998. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(2), 359–373. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.89.2.359
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