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1.	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Bansak, Cynthia
1.	The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, CReAM Discussion Paper Series, number 1106. 2010 & 2011 versions: IZA Discussion Papers 5576, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) Keyword(s): Amnesty / Legalized Population; Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA); Labor Force Participation; Labor Market Demographics; Labor Market Outcomes; Legalized Population Survey (LPS) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper tests whether amnesty, a provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected the labor market outcomes of the legalized population. Using the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) from 1987-1992, a quasi-experimental framework is developed to assess the differential impact of amnesty on the legalized population relative to a comparison group. After the implementation of the amnesty program, employment fell and unemployment rose for newly legalized men relative to the comparison group of already legal U.S. residents. For women, employment also fell and transitions out of the workforce increased among the newly legalized population. Increasing returns to skill, as captured by English proficiency, only played an important role in explaining the employment of newly legalized women. Finally, newly legalized men and women enjoyed higher wage growth rates than their working native counterparts, perhaps owing to their comparatively growing returns to U.S. educational attainment over this period.
	Bibliography Citation Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Cynthia Bansak. "The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey." Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, CReAM Discussion Paper Series, number 1106. 2010 & 2011 versions: IZA Discussion Papers 5576, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)..

2.	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Bansak, Cynthia
2.	The Role of Contingent Work in the War Against Poverty Working Paper No. 03-01, Department of Economics, San Diego State University, January 2003. Also: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/econ/WPSeries/WorkingPaper0301.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, San Diego State University Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Job Characteristics; Labor Force Participation; Modeling, Probit; Poverty; Wages, Women; Welfare; Work Histories Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this paper, we examine: (1) the likelihood of taking a contingent job given one's welfare dependency and past poverty status; (2) the probability of being on welfare for different types of contingent workers relative to their non-contingent counterparts; and (3) the likelihood of living in poverty in the near future as a function of past employment in alternative types of contingent jobs. Using data for women from the NLSY79 between 1994 and 1998, we first examine the incidence of poverty and welfare dependency among different types of contingent and non-contingent workers, and describe the personal and job characteristics associated with contingent employment. Following the descriptive evidence, we examine the relationship between welfare participation and contingent work. Given the simultaneity of these outcomes, we estimate a simultaneous equation probit model with sample selection for being employed, while correcting the standard errors for clustering at the individual level. Results from these models indicate that being on welfare has a significant positive effect on the probability of taking a contingent job. However, holding a contingent work contract does not, by itself, increase the likelihood of being on welfare once we control for other characteristics of the contingent job itself -- such as the low pay, lack of fringe benefits, weekly hours of work, unionization, firm size, and industry of employment -- and some of the worker's characteristics -- including educational attainment, occupation as a proxy for skill, tenure, and intermittent work patterns.
	Bibliography Citation Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Cynthia Bansak. "The Role of Contingent Work in the War Against Poverty." Working Paper No. 03-01, Department of Economics, San Diego State University, January 2003.

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