Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93292 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7992
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A number of states have adopted laws that require employers to use the federal government's E-Verify program to check workers' eligibility to work legally in the United States. Using data from the Current Population Survey, this study examines whether such laws affect labor market outcomes among Mexican immigrants who are likely to be unauthorized. We find evidence that E-Verify mandates reduce average hourly earnings among likely unauthorized male Mexican immigrants while increasing labor force participation and employment among likely unauthorized female Mexican immigrants. In contrast, the mandates appear to lead to better labor market outcomes among workers likely to compete with unauthorized immigrants. Employment and earnings rise among male Mexican immigrants who are naturalized citizens in states that adopt E-Verify mandates, and earnings rise among U.S.-born Hispanic men.
Subjects: 
unauthorized immigration
immigration policy
electronic verification
E-Verify
JEL: 
J15
J31
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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