Implications of the 1996 Welfare and Immigration Reform Acts for US Immigration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas J Espenshade, Jessica L Baraka, Gregory A Huber (0000-0001-6804-8148) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 769 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2137379 |
| OpenAlex | W2023503580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 13 |
The authors assess the impact of the U.S. welfare and immigration reforms enacted in 1996. They suggest that these reforms will produce unintended and possibly undesirable consequences. They argue in particular that the 1996 reform measures instead of preserving legal immigration and discouraging illegal immigration are more likely to reduce the former and expand incentives for the latter. In addition the Personal Responsibility Act creates added pressures for eligible legal immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. To the extent that higher rates of naturalization were unanticipated by reformers of welfare policy the actual cost savings attributable to reduced benefits for noncitizens will be smaller than expected. (EXCERPT) (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Immigration · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Political science · Welfare · Welfare reform · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics
Deportation, Expulsion, and the International Police of Aliens
Death at the Border
For Love or Money? Welfare Reform and Immigrant Naturalization
The Hidden Abode
The Deportation Regime
Using local law enforcement to enhance immigration law in the United States
Messaging inclusion with consequence
Immigrant Exclusion from Welfare
Challenging federal exclusion
Poverty Among Elderly Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Building immigrant engagement practice in urban planning
Between Public Policy and Foreign Policy
Walls, Cages, and Family Separation
Undokumentierte Migration in Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten
Abject Cosmopolitanism
Immigration and the War on Crime
R etirement and health benefits for M exican migrant workers returning from the U nited S tates
Death at the Border
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
The Effects of Recent Welfare and Immigration Reforms on Immigrants’ Access to Health Care
Welfare Reform and Immigrant Participation in Welfare Programs
Nativity, duration of residence and the life course pattern of extended family living in the USA
The new German citizenship law and its impact on German demographics
Material Hardship Among Immigrants in the United States
Chinese Student and Labor Migration to the United States
Circular, invisible, and ambiguous migrants
Welfare Reform's Chilling Effects on Noncitizens
Cultivated intuition
Policy for The'deserving,'but Politically Weak
The Hidden Abode
What We Know About Unauthorized Migration
Economic self-sufficiency among immigrant Tanf-leavers
Ineligible parents, eligible children
Undocumented Migration to the United States
Controlling immigration
The Economics of Immigration
The New Immigration
The long-term consequences of a temporary worker program
Migrant cohort size, enforcement effort, and the apprehension of undocumented aliens
Keys to Successful Immigration
Stemming the tide? Assessing the deterrent effects of the immigration reform and control act
Playing Cat and Mouse at the U.S.-Mexican Border
Temporary Workers or Future Citizens? Japanese and U.S. Migration Policies
What's Driving Mexico-U.S. Migration? A Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Analysis
Contemporary American Attitudes toward U.S. Immigration
Profiles of Temporary Mexican Labor Migrants to the United States
| Unique citing works | 33 |
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| Citations per year | 1,22 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |