Driver's licences for undocumented immigrants and post‐mortem organ donation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9724732 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tianyuan Luo (0000-0001-8614-4272, Xi'an Jiaotong University, corresponding author), Cesar L Escalante (0000-0002-0789-8330, University of Georgia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 361 |
| Pages | 70-92 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.12496 |
| OpenAlex | W4386604800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
This study examines the relationship between expanded access to driver's licences among undocumented immigrants and the number of post‐mortem organ donors, using difference‐in‐differences modelling and event study estimation techniques. Results suggest that the adoption of laws that grant driver's licences to undocumented immigrants effectively increased the population of licensed drivers by about 2.7%. These increments eventually led to subsequent increases in the number of Hispanic organ donors by 28%, and the outcome is driven mainly by young adult Hispanic donors. Moreover, DLU laws are further credited with an approximately 17% increase in organ transplants, particularly among Hispanics, although transplant waiting list addition numbers are not significantly affected. As these laws pave the way for more undocumented drivers to register as organ donors, such legislation could help to alleviate organ shortage issues and narrow the ‘ethnic waiting period gap’ for organ transplants
Business · Demographic economics · Donation · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental health · Immigration · Legislation · Organ donation · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Law · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes · Surgery · Transplantation
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