@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12876,
            	author={Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Arenas-Arroyo, Esther and Wang, Chunbei},
            	title={Is Immigration Enforcement Shaping Immigrant Marriage Patterns?},
            	year={2019},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={12876},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12876},
	abstract={This paper identifies intermarriage (between non-citizens and citizens) as an important response mechanism to intensified immigration enforcement, particularly among Mexican non-citizens. Exploiting the temporal and geographic variation in the implementation of interior immigration enforcement from 2005 to 2017, we find that a one standard deviation increase in enforcement raises Mexican non-citizens' likelihood of marrying a U.S. citizen by 3 to 6 percent. Our results show that this effect is driven by a change in spousal preference. Both police-based and employment-based enforcement contribute to this impact. The analysis adds to a growing literature examining how immigrants respond to tightened enforcement and, importantly, sheds light on the recent growth of intermarriage among Mexican immigrants.},
	keywords={family structure;undocumented immigrants;immigration enforcement;intermarriage;United States},
            }