Falling through the Cracks? Grade Retention and School Dropout among Children of Likely Unauthorized Immigrants

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2015
Volume: 105
Issue: 5
Pages: 598-603

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Abstract

We evaluate how intensified interior immigration enforcement impacts the likelihood that children of unauthorized immigrants will repeat a grade or drop out of school. Using a weighted index of the intensity of interior immigration enforcement at the MSA level, we find that increased enforcement has the largest impact on younger children ages 6 to 13. The estimates, which account for the non-random residential location of children and their families, reveal that increased enforcement raises young children's probability of repeating a grade by 6 percent and their likelihood of dropping out of school by 25.2 percent.

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:105:y:2015:i:5:p:598-603
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24