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From Lawn Care to Home Care

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  • Youngjoo Jung
  • Domininkas Mockus

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Elderly Americans express a strong desire to stay out of nursing homes as they age (aging in place). Undocumented immigrants play an important role in supporting the elderly who live at home. This paper estimates the effect of changes in undocumented immigration on aging in place. Identification comes from a two-stage least squares research design using the staggered rollout of the Secure Communities (SC) program between 2008 and 2013 that increased the threat of deportation for undocumented immigrants. For communities with a high level of undocumented immigrants, the change in the undocumented labor supply caused by the SC program decreases aging in place by 0.42 percent. As a general trend, for every 10 percent decrease in the undocumented labor supply, the percentage of elderly natives aging in place decreases by 0.12 percent.

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  • Youngjoo Jung & Domininkas Mockus, 2025. "From Lawn Care to Home Care," American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 11(3), pages 454-486.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:amjhec:doi:10.1086/728717
    DOI: 10.1086/728717
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