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The effects of ‘sanctuary city’ policies on the local economy: empirical evidence from US counties
This study derives the economic development effects of sanctuary city (SC) policies at the US county level using data from close to 3,000 counties between 2013 and 2017. A county is taken to provide sanctuary to undocumented immigrants if county jails do not accept ICE detainer requests, i.e. do not hold detainees beyond their original release dates. Endogeneity problems and fixed effects in the panel data are fully accounted for by combining coarsened exact matching with the fixed effects instrumental variables method. We can infer that SC policy probably is a significant driver of economic development. The results show that implementing an SC policy for 2.8–3.4 years lowers the unemployment rate by 0.18 percentage points, reduces wages by 1.6%, and increases housing prices by 5.5%, suggesting that these policies have positive effects on the local economy and can contribute to reversing economic declines in some jurisdictions.
Highlights
The economic development effects of sanctuary city (SC) policies are derived using data from about 3,000 counties between 2013 and 2017.
Endogeneity problems and fixed effects are addressed by combining coarsened exact matching with the fixed effects instrumental variables method.
Implementing an SC policy for 2.8–3.4 years lowers the unemployment rate by 0.18 percentage points, reduces wages by 1.6%, and increases housing prices by 5.5%.
Immigrant-inclusive policies have positive effects on the local economy and can contribute to reversing economic decline.
The effects of ‘sanctuary city’ policies on the local economy: empirical evidence from US counties
This study derives the economic development effects of sanctuary city (SC) policies at the US county level using data from close to 3,000 counties between 2013 and 2017. A county is taken to provide sanctuary to undocumented immigrants if county jails do not accept ICE detainer requests, i.e. do not hold detainees beyond their original release dates. Endogeneity problems and fixed effects in the panel data are fully accounted for by combining coarsened exact matching with the fixed effects instrumental variables method. We can infer that SC policy probably is a significant driver of economic development. The results show that implementing an SC policy for 2.8–3.4 years lowers the unemployment rate by 0.18 percentage points, reduces wages by 1.6%, and increases housing prices by 5.5%, suggesting that these policies have positive effects on the local economy and can contribute to reversing economic declines in some jurisdictions.
Highlights
The economic development effects of sanctuary city (SC) policies are derived using data from about 3,000 counties between 2013 and 2017.
Endogeneity problems and fixed effects are addressed by combining coarsened exact matching with the fixed effects instrumental variables method.
Implementing an SC policy for 2.8–3.4 years lowers the unemployment rate by 0.18 percentage points, reduces wages by 1.6%, and increases housing prices by 5.5%.
Immigrant-inclusive policies have positive effects on the local economy and can contribute to reversing economic decline.
The effects of ‘sanctuary city’ policies on the local economy: empirical evidence from US counties
Park, In Kwon (Autor:in) / von Rabenau, Burkhard (Autor:in) / Hong, Zhe (Autor:in)
International Journal of Urban Sciences ; 27 ; 19-38
02.01.2023
20 pages
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Elektronische Ressource
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