Arenas Arroyo, Esther, Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, Wang, Chunbei. 2020. Is immigration enforcement shaping immigrant marriage patterns? Journal of Public Economics. 190 (10424)

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@ARTICLE{Arenas Arroyo2020,
title = {Is immigration enforcement shaping immigrant marriage patterns?},
author = {Esther Arenas Arroyo and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Chunbei Wang},
year = {2020},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104242},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272720301067},
volume = {190},
number = {10424},
language = {EN},
journal = {Journal of Public Economics},
abstract = {This paper identifies intermarriage (between non-citizens and citizens) as an important response mechanism to intensified immigration enforcement, particularly among Mexican non-citizens. Exploiting the temporal and geographic variation in the implementation of interior immigration enforcement from 2005 to 2017, we find that a one standard deviation increase in enforcement raises Mexican non-citizens' likelihood of marrying a U.S. citizen by 3 to 7%. Both police-based and employment-based enforcement contribute to this impact. The analysis adds to a growing literature examining how immigrants respond to tightened enforcement and, importantly, sheds light on the recent growth of intermarriage among Mexican immigrants.},
}