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Spring 2020

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 35, Number 1

Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter?

Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Nicolás Cachanosky, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Jonathan Beck, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise35(1),2020,29–57ImmigrationandEconomicFreedom:DoesEducationMatter?AlexandrePadillaMetropolitanStateUniversityofDenverNicolásCachanoskyMetropolitanStateUniversityofDenverJonathanBeckMetropolitanStateUniversityofDenver––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––AbstractThispaperbuildsonPadillaandCachanosky(2018)andexaminesifimmigrants’educationalattainmentsmatter,particularlyforimmigrantswithloweducationalattainments,whentestingimmigrants’impactontheeconomicfreedomoftheUSstates.Exceptintheareaofgovernmenttransfersandsubsidies,wedonotfindanyevidencetosupportsuchahypothesis.Inaddition,wefindthatthenegativeimpactoneconomicfreedomintheareaofgovernmenttransfersandsubsidiesthatisassociatedwithimmigrantswholackahighschooldiplomaislikelytrivial.Ourresultsarerobusttovariousspecifications.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––JELCodes:F22,H70,O43Keywords:economicfreedom,immigration,institutions,stategovernmentI.IntroductionThispaperbuildsonPadillaandCachanosky(2018)andexamineswhetherimmigrants’educationalattainmentsmatterwhentestingimmigrants’institutionalimpact.Borjas(2014,2015,2016)arguesthatmuchoftheliteratureexaminingtheglobaleconomicbenefitsofimmigrationignoresimmigrants’institutionalimpact.1Hiscriticismis1Thisliteraturearguesthatcurrentimmigrationrestrictionsareinefficientlyhighand,asaresult,theygenerateasignificantworlddeadweightloss.Removingtheserestrictionscompletelyorpartiallywouldgenerateglobaleconomicbenefitsfargreaterthanthoseassociatedwitheliminatingbarrierstofreetrade.See,forexample,HamiltonandWhalley(1984);MosesandLetnes(2004);Walmsleyand

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Title	Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter?
Authors/Creators:	Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State University of Denver Nicolás Cachanosky, Metropolitan State University of Denver Jonathan Beck, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Year:	2020
Volume:	35
Number:	1
Pages:	29 - 57
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	economic freedom, immigration, institutions, state government

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Padilla, Alexandre; Cachanosky, Nicolás; Beck, Jonathan / 2020. "Immigration and Economic Freedom: Does Education Matter?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(1): 29-57.