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Effects of occupational license access on undocumented immigrants evidence from the California reform

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  • Bobby W. Chung

    (University of South Florida
    HCEO (University of Chicago)
    Research Center (West Virginia University))

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In 2014, California lifted its legal work status requirement for dozens of occupational licenses - a major obstacle for undocumented immigrants in the US to access professional jobs. This paper assesses this policy’s effects on the employment outcome of undocumented immigrants in the state . Analyzing likely undocumented immigrants in the American Community Survey, I find that the policy increased their employment, particularly in lower-education and blue-collar licensed occupations and for older and Hispanic workers. The effects were not driven by job switchers but by the unemployed transiting into employment. I also find that the law did not crowd out documented workers.

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  • Bobby W. Chung, 2024. "Effects of occupational license access on undocumented immigrants evidence from the California reform," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 65(1), pages 64-83, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:regeco:v:65:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11149-023-09468-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11149-023-09468-9
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    Keywords

    Occupational licensing; Undocumented immigrants; Employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
    • K37 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Immigration Law

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