RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dreamers and Beyond: Examining the Broader Educational Effects of DACA
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0621-11696R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.0621-11696R2
A1 Briana Ballis
YR 2023
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/03/02/jhr.0621-11696R2.abstract
AB This paper examines the direct effects and spillover effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on human capital investments during high school. DACA significantly increased the returns to schooling for undocumented youth, while leaving the returns for their US-born peers unchanged. I estimate the impacts of DACA using detailed administrative data from Los Angeles Unified School District. I find that DACA induced undocumented youth to invest more in their education, which also had positive spillover effects on ineligible students (those born in the US) who attended high school with high concentrations of DACA-eligible youth.