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American Economic Review

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The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes

  • Pia M. Orrenius
  • Madeline Zavodny
American Economic Review
vol. 105, no. 5, May 2015
(pp. 576–80)
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Abstract

The United States currently provides Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to more than 300,000 immigrants. TPS is typically granted if dangerous conditions prevail in migrants' home countries. Individuals with TPS are allowed to stay and work in the United States temporarily. Little is known about how TPS affects beneficiaries, most of whom are unauthorized prior to receiving TPS. Our results suggest that TPS eligibility leads to higher employment rates among women and higher earnings among men. The results have implications for recent programs that allow millions of unauthorized immigrants to receive temporary permission to remain and work in the United States.

Citation

Orrenius, Pia M., and Madeline Zavodny. 2015. "The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes." American Economic Review, 105 (5): 576–80. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151109

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JEL Classification

  • J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
  • J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
  • J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers