Explaining US immigration, 1971-1998

Ximena Clark; Timothy Hatton; Jeffrey G Williamson

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Explaining US immigration, 1971-1998

Ximena Clark, Timothy Hatton, Jeffrey G Williamson

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-373
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	89
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.89.2.359
Publication status	Published - 2007

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