TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
AU  - Arenas-Arroyo, Esther
        TI  - U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigrant Fertility
        PY  - 2020/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13748
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13748
        AB  - Using the 2005-2014 waves of the American Community Survey –a period characterized by the rapid expansion of interior immigration enforcement initiatives across the United States, we evaluate the impact of a tougher policy environment on undocumented immigrants' fertility. We find that a one standard deviation increases in enforcement lowers childbearing among likely undocumented women by 5 percent. The effect emanates from police-based measures linked to increased deportations, which may raise uncertainty about the future of the family unit and its resources. Understanding these impacts is important given the critical contributions of immigrants and their offspring to diversity, the economy and the sustainability of the welfare state.
        KW  - undocumented immigrants
KW  - interior immigration enforcement
KW  - immigration policy
KW  - fertility
KW  - unauthorized immigrants
KW  - United States
        ER  -