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18 February 2025
  • Navid Sabet, Goethe University in Frankfurt
    18 Feb, 14:00 - 15:30

    title : Out of the Shadows and into the Classroom:Immigrant Legalization, Hispanic Human Capitaland Hispanic Representation on School Boards
      
    AbstractTo what extent does immigrant legalization foster human capital accumulation andtranslate into long-run economic mobility and political representation? I address thesequestions by comparing outcomes across people, public schools and counties in the USwith differential exposure to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), whichdocumented millions of Hispanic migrants. The IRCA increases Hispanic public schoolenrollment and high school completion, while whites sort out of public education andinto private schooling. In the long run, legal status boosts Hispanic college completion,access to high-skill occupations, and incomes. It also increases Hispanic school boardrepresentation and political mobility across locally elected public office but does not affectlocal government structure. These findings highlight legalization as a driver of humancapital investment and economic and political mobility. (JEL: I21, J15, H52)

    Location: R42.2.110

    Feb
    18

    title : Out of the Shadows and into the Classroom:Immigrant Legalization, Hispanic Human Capitaland Hispanic Representation on School Boards
      
    AbstractTo what extent does immigrant legalization foster human capital accumulation andtranslate into long-run economic mobility and political representation? I address thesequestions by comparing outcomes across people, public schools and counties in the USwith differential exposure to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), whichdocumented millions of Hispanic migrants. The IRCA increases Hispanic public schoolenrollment and high school completion, while whites sort out of public education andinto private schooling. In the long run, legal status boosts Hispanic college completion,access to high-skill occupations, and incomes. It also increases Hispanic school boardrepresentation and political mobility across locally elected public office but does not affectlocal government structure. These findings highlight legalization as a driver of humancapital investment and economic and political mobility. (JEL: I21, J15, H52)

    Navid Sabet, Goethe University in Frankfurt

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.110

25 February 2025
  • Merry Ferrando,Tilburg University
    25 Feb, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

    Feb
    25

    Merry Ferrando,Tilburg University

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

4 March 2025
  • Marion Dumas, LSE
    04 Mar, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113

    Mar
    04

    Marion Dumas, LSE

    Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

    Location: R42.2.113