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The passage of 2007's Legal Arizona Workers Act, which required all new hires to be tested for legal employment status through the federal E-Verify database, drastically changed the employment prospects for undocumented workers in the state. Using data from the 2007-2010 American Community Survey, this paper seeks to identify the impact of this law on the labor force in Arizona, specifically regarding undocumented workers and less educated native workers. Overall, the data shows that the wage bias against undocumented immigrants doubled in the four years studied, and the wages of native workers without a high school degree saw a temporary, positive increase compared to comparable workers in other states. The law did not have an effect on the wages of native workers with a high school degree.
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- Santiago, Maria Christina (Author)
- Pereira, Claudiney (Thesis director)
- Mendez, Jose (Committee member)
- School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
- Department of Economics (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2018-05
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- eng