Do Interest Groups Affect U.S. Immigration Policy?

While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no systematic empirical analysis of this issue. In this paper, we construct an industry-level dataset for the United States, by combining information on the number of temporary work visas w...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Mishra, Prachi
Other Authors: Facchini, Giovanni, Mayda, Anna Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF working paper (Online)